Experts

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Dual Master in International Public Management (Sciences Po Paris) and International Security (MGIMO)

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

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

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Analyst at MGIMO Institute for International Studies (IMI MGIMO)

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Centre for Energy and Transport of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor of the Higher School of Economics

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

Doctor of Economy, Professor of MGIMO, Chief Scientific Fellow of the Far East Institute of RAS

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Expert for the Center for African Studies, HSE University

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

PIR Center Director

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Ph.D. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Philosophy, Expert in Latin languages

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

Academic Director of the RAS Institute of General History, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

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

Independent Analyst