Experts

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Political observer

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Planning Studies, IMEMO

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Chair of the Post-Soviet Foreign Countries Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities

Doctor of History, professor, RAS Full Member, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

PhD in History, independent journalist

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

Analyst at CNA Corporation

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

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities

PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Founder and Head of CREON Group, RIAC Member

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Journalist, Sinologist

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

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

Ph.D., Senior Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

PhD in Political Studies, Associate Professor at European Studies Department, Saint Petersburg State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member.

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut