Experts

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Professor, Department of World Economy and Global Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Independent Analyst

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

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

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

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

Doctor of International Law, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director General of the International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya", RIAC Member

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Dr. of History, Chief Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member