Experts

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

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

Political observer

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Independent Expert

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

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

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies