Experts

Independent Analyst

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

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

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Independent expert

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center