Experts

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D in History, Assistant professor of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow Humanitarian University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, World Politics Department MGIMO-University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD (Political Science), Leading Researcher, Head, Centre for Sociological and Political Sciences Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, expert at the Institute of Strategic Estimates and Analysis, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council