Experts

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

Director of International and Geo-Political Studies at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat), affiliated associate professor of economics at George Mason University, USA

Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor of the International Journalism Department at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of Polis. Political Research, Russia’s leading journal on political science, senior researcher at IMEMO RAN

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia

Editor in chief, PIRC

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

Independent journalist

PhD in political science

Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies

North European and Baltic Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

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

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

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

Independent Analyst

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

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