Experts

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

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

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

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

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

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Independent Analyst

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

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

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO 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 Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

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

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