Experts

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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)

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Moscow State Institute for International Relations

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

PhD, Associate Professor, Deputy Director, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO-University

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Independent journalist

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

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

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University