Experts

PhD in History, Associate Professor at Chernyshevsky National Research Saratov State University

PhD (History), Research Fellow at School of International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Ph.D. in History

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA

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

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

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

Major General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Vice Rector, HSE University, RIAC Member

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, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

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

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

Moscow State Institute for International Relations

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)