Experts

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

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

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

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Political Scientist

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

University of Birmingham

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Independent Analyst

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

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

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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

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

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

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

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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