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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

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

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

University of Birmingham

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

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

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Political Scientist

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

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

RIAC Expert

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

RIAC Expert

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

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Independent Analyst

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

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung