Experts

Doctor of Political Science, professor at Saint Petersburg state university, RIAC expert

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Expert

President of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in Political Science, head of the post-Soviet countries’ economic development section at the Institute of Economics, RAS

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS), RIAC expert

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

Corresponding member, RAS, Dr. of Economics, Professor,
Dean of the Faculty for International Energy Business, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Researcher at the Department for the Study of Israel and Jewish Communities of the RAS

Ph.D in Economics, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute for Europe, Head of the Country and Regional Researches Department, Head of the German Research Center

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Research Fellow

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences; Lecturer at MGIMO University; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, RIAC Expert

PhD in Philology, Associate professor, Mass-Media Institute, Russian State University for the Humanities, RIAC Expert

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC expert, RIAC member

PhD, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” Project at the International Relations Institute of Athens

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

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Center for Human Demography and Ecology, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

RIAC Expert

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow and Professor in the Department of World Economy and World Finance of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, RIAC expert

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Research Fellow at the European Leadership Network

Research Fellow, European Leadership Network

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

RIAC Expert, Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University, RIAC expert