Experts

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

RIAC Expert

University of Birmingham

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Political Scientist

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Independent Analyst

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

Independent expert

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

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

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

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

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert