Experts

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

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

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, RIAC Expert

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

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

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Independent expert

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

University of Birmingham

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

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

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

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

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

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

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

Political Scientist

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy