Experts

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

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Expert

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

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

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

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

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

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

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

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

University of Birmingham

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues, RIAC expert

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

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

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

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

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

Political Scientist

Independent expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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