Experts

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF)

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Civil Diplomacy Fund, Ukraine

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Planning Studies, IMEMO

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Expert at the Middle East Institute

Senior Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI); Adviser to the Chair of the St. Petersburg Government Committee for External Relations

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator