Experts

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor of the International Journalism Department at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of Polis. Political Research, Russia’s leading journal on political science, senior researcher at IMEMO RAN

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

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

PhD in Law, MGIMO University

Rector of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Independent journalist, RIAC expert

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Chair of the Post-Soviet Foreign Countries Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, RIAC Expert

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

PhD in Political Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences