Experts

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

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

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Independent Analyst

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Political Scientist

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

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

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

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