Experts

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

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

PhD in Political Science

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO 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, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

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

Political Scientist

University of Birmingham

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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

Independent Analyst

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

Independent expert

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