Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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

Political observer

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

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

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

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

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

Independent Expert

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

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

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

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)

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

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

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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

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

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

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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