Experts

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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

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

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)