Experts

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

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

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member.

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Political observer

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

Independent Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Director of the Sino-Russian Research Centre for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member