Experts

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

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

Political Analyst

PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

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

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)

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC member

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)

Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

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