Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

PhD in Political Science

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

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

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

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

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

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka