Experts

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Oriental Studies, Director of the Asian strategy center at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

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

Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

MA, International Relations Pierre Mendès-France University, Post-graduate, UNICAMP University, Brazil

Doctor of History, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Independent Analyst

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Researcher, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects at MGIMO University

Visiting Professor at Waseda University

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries