Experts

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

RIAC Expert

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

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

Independent expert

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs

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

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

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

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

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

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

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

RIAC Expert

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

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

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

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member