Experts

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

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

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Independent expert

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

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

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

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

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Independent Analyst

RIAC Expert

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

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

RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University, RIAC Expert

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

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

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory