Experts

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)

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Independent journalist

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Deputy director of Department of implementation of Program for assisting compatriots in foreign residence in their voluntary resettlement to the Russian Federation of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in History, independent journalist

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D. in History, Head of Section for New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS)

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

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

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Head of the Program (Tech Policy) at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia, Press Secretary of the President

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara