Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

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

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

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

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

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

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus 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

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

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

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

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

University of Birmingham

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Independent expert

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent