Experts

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Independent expert

PhD in Political Science

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the 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

University of Birmingham

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung