Experts

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies 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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

PhD in Engineering, Senior Research Fellow, Head of the CIS Institute Department of Eurasian Integration and SCO Development

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Ph.D., Research Fellow, Head of the Russian Foreign Policy Research Department at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

Independent Analyst

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal 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

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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

PhD in History, Head of IMEMO RAN Department, Professor of MGIMO University

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, MGIMO University

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

Ph. D., Executive Vice President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University