Experts

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

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

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

Research Fellow at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

PhD in Political Science, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Doctor of pedagogical Sciences, professor, member of the Russian Academy of Education, RIAC member

PhD in Economics

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of the Department of European law, MGIMO-University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University, RIAC expert

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

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

Senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.

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