Experts

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Expert for the Center for African Studies, HSE University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Research, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

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

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

University of Birmingham

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

PhD in political science

Doctor of Political Science, Director of Center for Political Studies of the RAS Institute of Latin America, Professor of Global Processes Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS

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

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

MA, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

PhD in Law, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN