Experts

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

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC Expert

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

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

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

Doctor of Economics, Leading Research Fellow, RAS Institute for Latin American Studies, RIAC expert

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

PhD in Law, Associate Transparency International-R lawyer, Assistant Professor of the Moscow State Law Academy

First Deputy Head of the Russian Federal Migration Service

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

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

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Eastern University – School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University

Director of EPPEN Institute & Instructor at Department of Eurasian Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Independent Expert

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

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Full Member