Experts

Independent Expert

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

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

Head of Defense Studies Department at Armenian Research & Development Institute and editor for New Defense Order. Strategy magazine, Thinker AGBU Project Lead

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

RIAC Publishing Editor

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

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Ph.D., Senior researcher at IMEMO, Russian Academy of sciences

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University