Experts

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Political Scientist

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D., Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Former British diplomat

Independent expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

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

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council