Experts

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

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

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

Political observer

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

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

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

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of 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

Independent Expert

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

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (RF) to the United States of America, RIAC Member.

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

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

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

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

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

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

General Director, International Institute for the Development of Scientific Cooperation (MIRNaS)

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University