Experts

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

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst, MSc Global Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. PhD candidate.

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Independent Expert

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

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

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Deputy Director General at ‘Vestnik Kavkaza’, Information & Analytics Agency

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

Research Fellow at The Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Economics, Director at the Center for Migration Studies; Lead Researcher, Institute of Economic Forecasting of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Independent Analyst

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

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

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University