Experts

Independent Expert

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

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

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

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

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

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

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

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)

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

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

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

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

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

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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

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