Experts

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

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

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 History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

Political observer

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

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

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

MA in Middle Eastern Studies

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Independent Expert

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member