Experts

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

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Physics and Engineering Journal, RIAC Member

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Expert on Development Assistace

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, School of International Regional Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Research Fellow, International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Head of Program Education and Science, Deaf-blind Support Fund So-edinenie (Connection)

Expert at the Middle East Institute

President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Visiting Lecturer at the HSE University, RANEPA University and MGIMO University

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Independent Analyst

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers