Experts

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, 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., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Observer, International Affairs monthly

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

President of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, RIAC member

PhD in Philology, Leading Researcher at the German Studies Center of the RAS Institute for European Studies

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

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

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

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

PhD in Philosophy, Expert in Latin languages