Experts

Independent Analyst

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Political Scientist

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

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

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

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

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Independent expert

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

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

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

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

University of Birmingham

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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