Experts

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Independent expert

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University 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

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

Ph.D. of Law, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director, Institute for Global Governance Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Study (SIIS)

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Analyst at CNA Corporation

PhD (History), Leading Researcher, Head, Center for Tropical Africa Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in History, RIAC Acting Director of Programs

Political scientist, Moldova

PIR Center Director

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

MA, International Relations Pierre Mendès-France University, Post-graduate, UNICAMP University, Brazil

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

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

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

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

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland