Experts

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in Political Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

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. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, Yerevan State Linguistic University

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

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

Scientific Director of the RAS Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS Full Member

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Press Secretary of the President

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

Senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Center for Euroasian Studies

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

President of the The Piatigorsky Foundation, RIAC Member

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics of Japan