Experts

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

Independent Expert

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Turkey)

Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

President, Synergia Foundation

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Doctor of History, Head of the Research Center of International Relations, RAS Institute of Sociology

Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC member

Ph.D. (Political Science), Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO-University

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Head of the Department of Science and Innovation at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Fellow at the Laboratory of International Process Analysis at MGIMO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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

RIAC member

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin