Experts

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

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

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

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

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

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

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

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

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

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

Independent Analyst

University of Birmingham

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent