Experts

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

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

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

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

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

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

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

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

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

PhD in Political Science

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

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

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Political Scientist

Independent expert

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute