Experts

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

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

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Doctor of Philosophy, Head of the Center for British Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS)

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Political observer

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Associate at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO); Senior Lecturer at MGIMO University

Assistant researcher at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

Independent Expert

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member