Experts

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

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Center for Euroasian Studies, RIAC Expert

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

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

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

RIAC Expert

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer at MGIMO University; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University; RIAC expert

Independent Analyst

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

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Italian Republic and in the Republic of San Marino

Senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

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

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

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