Experts

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

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

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

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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

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

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

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

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

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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

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

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

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

Independent Expert

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

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

Political observer

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

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

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