Experts

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

Professor and Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics American University of Paris

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Major General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

President of the IMEMO, RAS Full Member, Chairman of the RIAC Scientific Council, RIAC Member.

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

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History

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

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

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

Assistant Professor at the Odintsovo branch, MGIMO University

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

RIAC member

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

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

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