Experts

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Independent expert

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, RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

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

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs

RIAC Expert

Independent Analyst

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

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

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

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

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

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

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

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

Dean of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC member.

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

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

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council