Experts

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer at MGIMO University; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, RIAC Expert

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO 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

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ph.D. in History, Associate professor, Department of Diplomacy, Vice-Rector for HR Policy, MGIMO University

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

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, RIAC Expert

University of Birmingham

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Independent Analyst

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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