Experts

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

PhD (History), Research Fellow at School of International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Director of Center for International and European Law, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics of Japan

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

PHD Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Ph.D in History, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Seoul National University

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Lecturer, Department of Asian and African Studies, MGIMO University, Research Fellow, Center for Japanese Studies, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in Law, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN

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