Experts

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Independent expert

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Ph.D. in Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, NatStrat, India

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

Research Consultant, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi, Senior Research Fellow & PhD Candidate, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst