Experts

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, RIAC expert

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Center for Human Demography and Ecology, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

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

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

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

RIAC Member

First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project, RIAC Expert

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Oriental Studies, Director of the Asian strategy center at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences