Experts

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

Ph.D in Political Science, Foreign Affairs Analyst

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

Postgraduate at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State Technical University; Associate Professor, Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tyumen

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 in Political Science, Independent expert

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. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Retired Vice-admiral

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

PhD in Economics, Leading Research Associate at the RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

Political Scientist

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Political Analyst

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, RIAC member

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

RIAC member