Experts

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Associate fellow with the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow and Professor in the Department of World Economy and World Finance of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, RIAC expert

PhD in Law, Associate Transparency International-R lawyer, Assistant Professor of the Moscow State Law Academy

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

Political observer

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub), RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

RIAC Expert

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO University, 2nd Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Doctor of History

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

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

Dean of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC member.

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center