Experts

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

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

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Independent Expert

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)

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

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eurasian Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Cand.Sc.(Ped.), Junior Research Fellow, Moscow Lomonosov University

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University

PhD, Associate Professor, Deputy Director, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO-University

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

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

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

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member