Experts

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

PhD in Political Science, RIAC Program Manager

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization

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

RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head, Center for Social and Political Research, Institute for the Development of Integration Processes, Russian Foreign Trade Academy, Associate Professor, Financial University

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Kadir Has University

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

PhD in history, RIAC Expert

Independent Expert

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

Ph.D. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator