Experts

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA

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

MA, International Relations Pierre Mendès-France University, Post-graduate, UNICAMP University, Brazil

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)

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

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

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

Candidate of Political Sciences, European Integration Faculty, MGIMO-University

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

Expert at the Middle East Institute

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)