Experts

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

PhD (History), Research Fellow at School of International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF)

Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Physics and Engineering Journal, RIAC Member

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Independent expert

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

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Ph.D., Research Fellow:Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Department of World Politics at MGIMO University

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Ph.D., RIAC Acting Director of Programs

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

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Research Fellow, European Leadership Network

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Economics, RAS Corresponding Member

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, World Politics Department MGIMO-University

PhD in Law, Associate Transparency International-R lawyer, Assistant Professor of the Moscow State Law Academy

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS