Experts

RIAC Expert, Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at SIPRI, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Leading Research Fellow

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University, RIAC expert

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

MGIMO-University

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analyst

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy