Experts

Director, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes at the Russian Foreign Trade Academy of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Senior research fellow at MGIMO Institute for International Studies, Center for Euroasian Studies

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, RIAC Member

Master of Arts in International Relations (MGIMO University), Independent Analyst

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

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

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

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

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Independent Analyst

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Philology, Leading Researcher at the German Studies Center of the RAS Institute for European Studies

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Visiting Lecturer at the HSE University, RANEPA University and MGIMO University

Ph.D, Associate Professor and the Vice Chair of the IR Department at Kirikkale University, Türkiye

PhD in History, Associate Professor at Chernyshevsky National Research Saratov State University

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

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights