Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

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

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

MSc, MGIMO University, field of study International Economic Law

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Full Member

Independent Analyst

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

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

PhD in Economics, Leading Research Associate at the RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

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

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS, RIAC Expert

President of Russian State University for the Humanities, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

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

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN, RIAC expert

Coordinator at the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative, Ukraine

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.