Experts

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Oriental Studies, Director of the Asian strategy center at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of Defense Studies Department at Armenian Research & Development Institute and editor for New Defense Order. Strategy magazine, Thinker AGBU Project Lead

Ph.D. in History, Expert, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO)

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

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

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

Research Fellow at the European Leadership Network

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow and Professor at the Department of World Economy and World Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Deputy Director General at ‘Vestnik Kavkaza’, Information & Analytics Agency

Doctor of Economics, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, RIAC Member

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies