Experts

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

PhD in History, Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Academic librarian at the University of East London

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

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

Honorary President of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

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

Dean of the Department of World Economics and World Politics of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

LLM Public International Law — International Environmental and Energy Law

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

Postgraduate at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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, RIAC Expert

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Political observer

Senior researcher at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, associate professor at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)