Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analyst

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge