Experts

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the School of World Political Processes, research associate at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

Research Fellow, Group of Regional Political Problems of the East and South, Center for Development and Modernization Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

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

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer