Experts

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)

MGIMO-University

Independent Analyst

Dr. of History, Chief Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre

PhD, Tenured Professor, Member of the HSE Academic Council, Academic Supervisor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University

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)

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

PhD in Economics

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS, RIAC Expert

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University

Lecturer, Department of Legal Regulation of Fuel and Energy at the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

PhD in Political Science, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Foreign Policy Analyst, Assistant researcher, Forum on Geopolitics, University of Cambridge

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Political Analyst, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

RIAC Expert, 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

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry