Experts

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

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

General and Russian History Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems

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

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Political studies, Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst, MA Global Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

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

Consultant at PIR-Center for Policy Studies

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Head of the Department of Military-Political Research at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor