Experts

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

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

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

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

PhD in Political Science

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Expert in the Foreign Policy and Security division at the Center for Strategic Research

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

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)

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

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

Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA, Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, RFTA