Experts

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

Political observer

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

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

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

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

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA