Experts

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

PhD in History, Research fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Dr. of History, Chief Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

President of the The Piatigorsky Foundation, RIAC Member

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Independent expert

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University