Experts

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the 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

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

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

PhD in History, Political Studies Center of the RAS Institute of Economics

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

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

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

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

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

MA, International Relations Pierre Mendès-France University, Post-graduate, UNICAMP University, Brazil

President, Synergia Foundation

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

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