Experts

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

PhD in Political Science

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”