Experts

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

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

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

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

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

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Postgraduate student, 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

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of the Centre for Cross-Sectoral Expertise “Third Rome”, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies, HSE University

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

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

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

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

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

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

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

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

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

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Research Consultant, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi, Senior Research Fellow & PhD Candidate, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University