Experts

PhD in Philology, Leading Researcher at the German Studies Center of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Markets, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in History, Deputy Chair of the Post-Soviet Foreign Countries Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

Retired Vice-admiral, RIAC expert

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge, RIAC expert

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

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

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Fellow

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences