Experts

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

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University, RIAC member

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Scientific Director of the RAS Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS Full Member

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

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

Ph.D., Senior Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

Doctor of Science, Professor, Head of the Department of European law, MGIMO-University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

Independent Analyst

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

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

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University