Experts

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Independent expert

Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies, HSE University

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Representative, Resource Agribusiness Group

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

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

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

Independent Analyst

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

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

President, Synergia Foundation

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

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, NatStrat, India

President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Visiting Lecturer at the HSE University, RANEPA University and MGIMO University

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU