Experts

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Independent expert

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

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

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Political Scientist

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

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

PhD in Political Science

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

University of Birmingham

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

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

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

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

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India