Experts

PhD in history

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

PhD in Political Science

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

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

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

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

PhD in History, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

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

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

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 Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

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

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)