Experts

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

RIAC Expert

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

RIAC Expert

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine, RIAC Expert

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer at MGIMO University; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, RIAC Expert

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)