Experts

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

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

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

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

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

University of Birmingham

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

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