Experts

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, RIAC Member

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, RIAC Visiting Research Fellow

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

PIR Center Director

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Deputy Director of the Centre for comprehensive European and international studies, Deputy Director of research programs at the Council on foreign and defense policy. Member of the RIAC.

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

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Consultant in Trade and Food Security, and Director of “Green House”

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Research Fellow, European Leadership Network