Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Independent journalist and researcher

Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of International Law, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director General of the International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya", RIAC Member

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Political Analyst

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Doctor of Political Science, Director of Center for Political Studies of the RAS Institute of Latin America, Professor of Global Processes Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D., Leading Expert, Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

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

PhD in History, Senior Research Fellow at Political Studies Centre, Institute of Latin America, RAS

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