Experts

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics and Politics of Japan

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

Observer, International Affairs monthly

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

Head of Program Education and Science, Deaf-blind Support Fund So-edinenie (Connection)

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Deputy Director of the Centre for comprehensive European and international studies, Deputy Director of research programs at the Council on foreign and defense policy. Member of the RIAC.

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

Independent expert

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Visiting Lecturer at the HSE University, RANEPA University and MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Head of the Center for Strategic Analysis and Planning, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine