Experts

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy, RIAC Expert

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Political Scientist

Dean of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC member.

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

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

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine, RIAC Expert

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

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, RIAC Expert

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

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

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent expert

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

RIAC Expert

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf