Experts

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

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

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

Political Scientist

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Head of Defense Studies Department at Armenian Research & Development Institute and editor for New Defense Order. Strategy magazine, Thinker AGBU Project Lead

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Global Politics Department of St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Senior researcher at CEMI RAS

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

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Researcher, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects at MGIMO University

Independent expert

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Expert, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO)

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University

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

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

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Director Emeritus of the RAS Institute of Europe, RAS Full Member

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member