Experts

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

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

RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Economics, RIAC Member

Independent Expert

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University, RIAC Expert

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

Ph.D. in History, Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC Member

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC expert

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

Research Fellow, European Leadership Network

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

PhD of Political Science, Research Fellow at Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Kadir Has University

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)

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics