Experts

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

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

PhD in Economics

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Research Fellow

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

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

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Honorary President of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

Independent Analyst

PhD, Tenured Professor, Member of the HSE Academic Council, Academic Supervisor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D., Leading Expert, Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

Academician, Doctor of Economic Sciences, First Deputy Director, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia