Experts

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University

Doctor of Political Science, Head of the Regional Research Department of Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of the Department for Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD (Political Science), Leading Researcher, Head, Centre for Sociological and Political Sciences Studies, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

D.Sc. in Law, Professor, Department of European Law, MGIMO University; Professor, Institute of Management and Territorial Development, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

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

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

PhD in History, expert at the Institute of Strategic Estimates and Analysis, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

RIAC Publishing Editor

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

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

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council