Experts

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

PhD in History, Political Studies Center of the RAS Institute of Economics

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

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

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Doctor of History, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, Academic Secretary at the Institute of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

PhD in Political Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Scientific director of the Lobachevsky Sate University of Nizhny Novgorod

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

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

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD candidate at Haifa University’s School of Political Sciences