Experts

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Professor of International Politics, Tufts University

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

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

MGIMO University

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in Law, Associate Transparency International-R lawyer, Assistant Professor of the Moscow State Law Academy

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

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

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

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

Master of Economics, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Program jointly with UIBE (Beijing): “Russian and China: Economic and Political Trends in Eurasia”

Ph.D., RIAC Acting Director of Programs

RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Honorary President of the Non-Governmental Organization "Association of Euro-Atlantic Cooperation", Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

MA student, National Research University – Higher School of Economics

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

PhD in History, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Leading Research Fellow

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

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

Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC member