Experts

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

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

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

PIR Center Director

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

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Junior Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

PhD in History, Research fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

Moscow State Institute for International Relations

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Science Diplomacy and Advanced Academic Initiatives, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO University

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

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

Doctor of Political Science; Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Department of International Relations of the HSE University; Professor, World Economy Department, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Expert of ASEAN Center at MGIMO University under Russia’s Foreign Ministry

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President