Experts

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

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

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent journalist and researcher

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

Independent expert

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Consultant at PIR-Center for Policy Studies

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

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

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Journalist, Sinologist

Associate Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University (Turkey)

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Ph.D, researcher Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

Director of the Sino-Russian Research Centre for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

President of World Russian Press Foundation (WARP Foundation), professor, RIAC member

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, RIAC member