Experts

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

PhD in Philology; Associate Professor; Department of the Theory of Law and Comparative Legal Science HSE

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

PhD in History, Associate Professor at Chernyshevsky National Research Saratov State University

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

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

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

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MGIMO University

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Informational Security Problems Department of the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Military Science of the Russian Federation

Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation

Professor, National University of Villa Maria, Argentina

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, Independent expert

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

PhD in Philology, Leading Researcher at the German Studies Center of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation