Experts

Dr. of Political Science, Chief Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian–Chinese Relations Studies and Forecasting of the Institute of Far
Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

Deputy Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA

Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor of the International Journalism Department at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of Polis. Political Research, Russia’s leading journal on political science, senior researcher at IMEMO RAN

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University; Non-resident Scholar, Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute, RIAC expert

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Markets, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Head of IMEMO RAN Department, Professor of MGIMO University

PhD in Law, Associate Transparency International-R lawyer, Assistant Professor of the Moscow State Law Academy

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

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

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

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

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)