Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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

University of Birmingham

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , 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 in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Independent expert

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University