Experts

Head of the Department of Science and Innovation at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Fellow at the Laboratory of International Process Analysis at MGIMO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Independent journalist and researcher

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

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

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Ph.D, researcher Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise

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

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

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 History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

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

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Junior Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, at the Department of International Relations, Goa University

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science