Experts

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA, Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, RFTA

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub), RIAC Expert

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School, University degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from University of Copenhagen

PhD in History, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Rector of the Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Former senior Australian diplomat, RIAC Expert

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

MA, Higher School of Economics, RIAC expert and blogger

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU