Experts

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Independent expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Political Scientist

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

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Dean of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC member.

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

University of Birmingham

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

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

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

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Independent Analyst

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

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

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

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

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy