Experts

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

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

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

University of Birmingham

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

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

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

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

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

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

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

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

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

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