Experts

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

Junior Research Fellow at the MGIMO Institute for International Studies (IMI MGIMO)

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

Political Scientist

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Doctor of Economics, Executive Director, Russian National Committee on BRICS Research

PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D in Political Science, Foreign Affairs Analyst

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

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

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

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

MA, International Relations Pierre Mendès-France University, Post-graduate, UNICAMP University, Brazil

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member