Experts

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Markets, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

PhD in History, independent journalist

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF), RIAC Expert

Independent Analyst

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet, RIAC Expert

Foreign Policy Analyst, Assistant researcher, Forum on Geopolitics, University of Cambridge

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

Rector of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

Ph.D., Leading Expert, Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Chairman of the Board of the CREON Group, RIAC Member

Rector of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Political Science PhD, associate professor, head of department of European integration at MGIMO-University, leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of Europe

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow and Professor in the Department of World Economy and World Finance of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, RIAC expert

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC expert, RIAC member

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN, RIAC expert

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

PhD., HSE Professor

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University, RIAC Expert