Experts

Independent Expert

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

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

Political observer

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

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

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)