Experts

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

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

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)

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

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

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

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

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

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

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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

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

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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

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

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

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

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

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

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

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