Experts

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

Independent Analyst

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , 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

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs