Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

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

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

Political Scientist

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

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

PhD in Political Science

Independent Analyst

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

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

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

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)