Experts

PHD Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Independent journalist

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Kadir Has University

Ph.D, researcher Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

Retired Vice-admiral

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, RIAC Visiting Research Fellow

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum

Independent Analyst

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Science (History), professor, Acting Director, Institute for US and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Science, RIAC Member

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University