Experts

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Foreign Economy Policy Sector, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent journalist

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Ph.D., Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences, Former editor-in-chief of Russia Direct, an analytical media outlet

Research Fellow at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO University, 2nd Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Doctor of History

Gateway House Fellow for Energy & Environment

PhD in History, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

International lawyer, Ph.D. in History, Ph.D. in Law

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

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 in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory