Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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 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

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

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

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.

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

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

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

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

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

Independent Expert

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut