Experts

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

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member

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

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, NatStrat, India

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

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

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Academic Director of the RAS Institute of General History, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Coordinator at the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative, Ukraine

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

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

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