Experts

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

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

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

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

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

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

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

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 Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member.

Leading Research Fellow at the Korean Studies Center, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

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

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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)

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

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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

Political observer

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary