Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

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

PhD in Political Science

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

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

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

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

Independent Analyst

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

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

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

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

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka