Experts

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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

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

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

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

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

PhD in Political Science

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

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

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

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Sistema JSFC

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

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

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

PhD, Regular commentator on risk-related geostrategic issues

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

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

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

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University