Experts

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

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

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D, researcher Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Regional Economic Studies, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor and Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics American University of Paris

PhD in Engineering, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the CIS Institute Department of Eurasian Integration and SCO Development

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in History; Senior Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Research Fellow, Center for Applied Analysis of Global Transformations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Leading analyst, Center for Energy and Digital Economy Stretegic Research, MGIMO University. Founder, President of Honour, MGIMO Arctic Student Research Club

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

Ph.D. in History

Editor-in-Chief of "International Affairs" journal

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge