Experts

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

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 diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

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

Independent expert

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

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D., Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Former British diplomat

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science

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

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Political Scientist

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

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

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues