Experts

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Expert at the Middle East Institute

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow at the Faculty of Political Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

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

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Postgraduate student, MGIMO University

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 Political Science, Senior researcher at CEMI RAS

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

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

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University