Experts

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)

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

PhD in politics, senior researcher at the Centre for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expert at the RIAC

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Dean of the School of Financial Economics at 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

Independent Expert

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

Expert at the Laboratory of Asia-Pacific International Institutions and Multilateral Cooperation, Far Eastern State University School of Regional and International Studies, Сorrespondent of the Regional News Agency Data

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at World Politics Department, MGIMO University

Political Science PhD, associate professor, head of department of European integration at MGIMO-University, leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of Europe

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

Editor-in-Chief of "International Affairs" journal

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

RIAC Member

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland