Experts

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

PhD (Political Science), Leading Researcher, Head, Centre for Sociological and Political Sciences Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D in History, Assistant professor of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow Humanitarian University

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ph.D. in History

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India, RIAC Member

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Research Fellow

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

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

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations