Experts

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Independent Expert

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

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Management Board of Russkiy Mir Foundation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Political Scientist

Ph.D. (History), Professor, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

Independent journalist

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Dr. of Political Science, Chief Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian–Chinese Relations Studies and Forecasting of the Institute of Far
Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Regional Economic Studies, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

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

Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Economics, RIAC Member

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts