Experts

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Visiting Lecturer at the HSE University, RANEPA University and MGIMO University

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

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

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Director of the Centre for Cross-Sectoral Expertise “Third Rome”, RIAC Member

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, School of International Regional Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Research Fellow, International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in Political Science, Senior researcher at CEMI RAS

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, NatStrat, India

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University