Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

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

Independent 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 Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

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

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

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

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Independent Analyst

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

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Political Scientist

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

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