Experts

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Ph.D. in History, Associate professor, Department of Diplomacy, Vice-Rector for HR Policy, MGIMO University

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

Independent expert

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University