Experts

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

PhD in Political Science, Philology Faculty of Petersburg Institute of Judaic Studies

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University, RIAC expert

Ph.D. in History, Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham (Malaysia), RIAC expert

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

RIAC Expert

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC expert

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

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

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for international cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Arctic center", RIAC member

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

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

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, Yerevan State Linguistic University

Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Rector of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

MGIMO University, Professor; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club

Former senior Australian diplomat, RIAC Expert

Ph.D. (Military Sciences), Col. Gen. (Ret.), Research Professor, Advanced National Security Studies Center, Expert Institute, Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow

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

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Research fellow at the French Institute for International Relations (Paris, France)

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science