Experts

Director of the Department of the Government Support of Periodical Press and Book Industry, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organisations, RIAC Member

Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, at the Department of International Relations, Goa University

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, Yerevan State Linguistic University

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

Academic Director of the RAS Institute of US and Canada, RAS Full Member

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR 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

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Independent Analyst

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

Former senior Australian diplomat

PhD in Political Science, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Dr. of History, Chief Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS