Experts

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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)

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC, RIAC Expert

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University

Independent journalist and researcher

Director of the Center for advanced studies of national security of Russia, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Foreign Area Studies of the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC member.

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

RIAC Expert, Moscow State Institute for International Relations

Independent Analyst

Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico and Founding President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations - COMEXI

Independent journalist

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge, RIAC expert

Doctor of law, Professor, Assistant Rector for Research, Chairman of the Council for the coordination of international and innovation activities of the Kutafin Moscow state law University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member