Experts

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Center for Tropical African Studies, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies,HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of War Science, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of War Sciences

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of the Department of European law, MGIMO-University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Independent expert

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in History, Head of Section for New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS)

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