Experts

Independent Expert

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

MA in Middle Eastern Studies, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Deputy Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

Deputy director of Department of implementation of Program for assisting compatriots in foreign residence in their voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at SIPRI, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC expert

PhD in History, Political Studies Center of the RAS Institute of Economics

Professor at Middle Tennessee State University

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

PhD., HSE Professor

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India