Experts

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PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

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

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

University of Birmingham

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

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

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

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

PhD in Political Science

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

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

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

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