Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

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

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Political Scientist

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

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

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Independent expert

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent