Experts

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Political Analyst

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University