Experts

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

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

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

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

Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Consultant in Trade and Food Security, and Director of “Green House”

Expert for the Center for African Studies, HSE University

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

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

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Director of EPPEN Institute & Instructor at Department of Eurasian Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Physics and Engineering Journal, RIAC Member

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

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

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

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)