Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Head of the Regional Research Department of Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

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

RAS Institute of Economics

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Department of World Politics at MGIMO University

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Independent analyst

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

Dual Master in International Public Management (Sciences Po Paris) and International Security (MGIMO)

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

Expert at the Middle East Institute

PhD in History, Research fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies