Experts

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

MA student, National Research University – Higher School of Economics

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics of Japan

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

RIAC Member

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member

Lecturer, Department of Asian and African Studies, MGIMO University, Research Fellow, Center for Japanese Studies, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute