Experts

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

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

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

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

Independent Analyst

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

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

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State 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

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Independent expert

University of Birmingham

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Political Scientist

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development