Experts

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems, RIAC Expert

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

PhD of Political Science, Research Fellow at Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

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

RIAC Expert

Expert on Development Assistace

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU, RIAC Expert

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy; RIAC Expert

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University; Non-resident Scholar, Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program, Middle East Institute, RIAC expert

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies, RIAC Expert

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies, RIAC Expert

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

Head of Program Education and Science, Deaf-blind Support Fund So-edinenie (Connection)

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

RIAC Expert

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department, RIAC expert

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

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