Experts

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

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

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

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

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

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

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

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

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

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

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

Political observer

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

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

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

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

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)

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

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

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

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

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

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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