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Independent Analyst

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

University of Birmingham

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs

RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

RIAC Expert

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Political Scientist

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation