Experts

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Junior Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in history

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Senator of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

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

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

RIAC Member

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

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

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

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Independent journalist and researcher