Experts

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

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

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Deputy Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA

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

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

PhD in History, Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Visiting Fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute, based in Yerevan

Independent Analyst

D.Sc. in Law, Professor, Department of European Law, MGIMO University; Professor, Institute of Management and Territorial Development, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC member

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Program Coordinator, Website Content Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences