Experts

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

Independent Analyst

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

PhD candidate at Haifa University’s School of Political Sciences

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

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

PhD in Political Science, Senior researcher at CEMI RAS

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member

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

MA student, National Research University – Higher School of Economics

Research Fellow, MSU Institute of Information Security Issues

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

Dual Master in Governance and Global Affairs (MGIMO) and International Relations (LUISS)

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Ph.D. in History, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

Ph.D. of Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)

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

Dr. of History, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at St. Petersburg State University, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of the Latin America journal, RIAC Member

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs