Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Independent Analyst

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

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

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Political Scientist

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

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina