Experts

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge, RIAC expert

MA student, National Research University – Higher School of Economics

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

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

Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico and Founding President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations - COMEXI

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

RIAC member

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Italian Republic and in the Republic of San Marino

Independent Analyst

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC, RIAC Expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Expert at the Middle East Institute, RIAC Expert

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

Ph.D., Senior researcher at IMEMO, Russian Academy of sciences

Head of Department, Deputy Director of the General Office of Eastern-European Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey

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

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

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

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC expert

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

PhD in Economics