Experts

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School, University degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from University of Copenhagen

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

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

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Rector of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

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

Doctor of International Law, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director General of the International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya", RIAC Member

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

PhD in History, expert at the Institute of Strategic Estimates and Analysis, Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen to Russia

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

Doctor of Economics, Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

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)