Experts

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of Political Science and Political Management in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

PhD in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

A violent end to the Libyan crisis also seems unlikely in the near term, as the forces in the country’s east will have trouble organizing an effective attack on Tripoli without the support of Russia, whose military has other things in sight

Political Scientist

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Independent expert

Military Observer Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Conflicts at the Institute of Innovative Development

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

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

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Independent Analyst