Experts

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Doctor of Economics, Chief Research Fellow of IMEMO, RAS

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

President of the Center for Systems Analysis and Forecasting, Ukraine

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

RIAC Expert

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Press Secretary of the President

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata, RIAC expert

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

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

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University, RIAC expert