Experts

Ph.D., Research Fellow, Head of the Russian Foreign Policy Research Department at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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 librarian at the University of East London

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD in History, independent journalist

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

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Head of the Joint Department with the RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the HSE University, RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, RIAC Member

Independent analyst

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

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

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Independent journalist and researcher

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

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Economics, RAS Corresponding Member

Ph.D in History, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN