Experts

University of Birmingham

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

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

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

Correspondent, Expert magazine, Research fellow of the RAS U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Political Scientist

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

PhD in Political Science

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS