Experts

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor of the International Journalism Department at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of Polis. Political Research, Russia’s leading journal on political science, senior researcher at IMEMO RAN

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

President of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, RIAC member

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

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Journalist, Sinologist

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)

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

Head of Research, The European Geopolitical Forum

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member