Experts

Independent expert

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Expert on Development Assistace

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD of Political Science, Research Fellow at Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

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

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

Expert at the Middle East Institute

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN