Experts

Independent expert

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

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

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

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

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

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

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

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

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

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

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

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

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Political Scientist

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

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

University of Birmingham

PhD in Political Science