Experts

Independent expert

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

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

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Director of IMEMO RAS, RIAC member

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

Independent journalist and researcher

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies,HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO University, 2nd Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Doctor of History

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Assistant Professor at MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; expert on Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean, RIAC Expert

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

Ph. D., Assistant Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Independent Expert