Experts

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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 Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

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

Head of Program Education and Science, Deaf-blind Support Fund So-edinenie (Connection)

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the Black Sea-Mediterranean Research Center of the RAS Instute of Europe

PhD in Economics

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

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academic Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

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

Independent Expert

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