Experts

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Political Analyst

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Deputy General Director, Head of the Analytical Department Information Analysis Centre, Moscow State University

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

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

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

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Consultant at PIR-Center for Policy Studies

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in Technical Sciences, Founder, Aigents, Architect, SingularityNET

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)