Experts

Senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, RIAC Expert

Independent Analyst

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Associate professor, Department of Diplomacy, Vice-Rector for HR Policy, MGIMO University

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

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

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University, RIAC Expert

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

PhD in Political Studies, Associate Professor at European Studies Department, Saint Petersburg State University

Associate fellow with the CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

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

Member of the Committee on defense and security of The Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC member.