Experts

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Political Scientist

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

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Independent Analyst

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

RIAC Expert

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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, RIAC Expert

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

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

University of Birmingham

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

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

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

RIAC Expert

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Independent expert

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

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

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