Experts

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

President, Synergia Foundation

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Ph.D. in Economics, Leading Research Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Vice President of the Schiller Institute USA, National Spokesman for Lyndon LaRouche

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Doctor of Economics, Advisor to the Rector of PetrSU

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Doctor of History, Head of Vishegrad centre at the RAS Institute of Europe, Head of Central and Eastern Europe studies department

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Independent expert

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal