Experts

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Independent expert

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

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

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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

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