Experts

PhD in Political Science, Deputy Director for Academic Work under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC member

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D., Senior researcher at IMEMO, Russian Academy of sciences

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

Director of the MGIMO Centre for Sustainable Development, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History

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 Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD in Economics, Head of the Center for Agrarian Research and Food Security, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran