Experts

RIAC Expert

Independent journalist and researcher

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer at MGIMO University; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, RIAC Expert

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Chairman of the Board of the CREON Group, RIAC Member

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

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

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

PhD Candidate in International Relations, specialist in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Turkey

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America, RIAC Expert

Honorary President of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

RIAC Expert

PhD in Philology, Leading Researcher at the German Studies Center of the RAS Institute for European Studies

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

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

PhD., HSE Professor

Post-graduate student in the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Region: Politics, Economy, Security international educational program at the Far Eastern State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century