Experts

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

Post-Graduate Researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Expert of the Institute for Contemporary International Studies

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

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

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

PhD in History, Vice Rector, HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Press Secretary of the President

Ph.D in History, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

PhD in Engineering, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the CIS Institute Department of Eurasian Integration and SCO Development

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

PhD candidate at Haifa University’s School of Political Sciences

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS