Experts

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

PhD in Political Science

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

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

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

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, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

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

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Independent expert

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

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

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member