Experts

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

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

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

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Independent Expert

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

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

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

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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

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

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

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

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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