Experts

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

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

Political Scientist

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

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Independent Analyst

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

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

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

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

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute