Experts

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

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

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

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

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

PhD in History, Director of the TSU Confucius Institute, Associate Professor, Department of World Politics, Faculty of Historical and Political Studies, Tomsk State University

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Research Fellow, European Leadership Network

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

President of the IMEMO, RAS Full Member, Chairman of the RIAC Scientific Council, RIAC Member.

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

Program Coordinator, Website Content Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor in History, Professor at Department of world politics, Tomsk State University

Cand.Sc.(Ped.), Junior Research Fellow, Moscow Lomonosov University

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Chairman, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

Head of the Department of Science and Innovation at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Fellow at the Laboratory of International Process Analysis at MGIMO under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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

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

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Professor of International Politics, Tufts University