Experts

Dr. of Social Sciences, Professor of the International Journalism Department at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of Polis. Political Research, Russia’s leading journal on political science, senior researcher at IMEMO RAN

Independent journalist

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

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Research Fellow

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

PhD (History), Research Fellow at School of International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

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

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

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

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

General and Russian History Department of the Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

PIR Center Director

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Chair of the Board of Trustees and Directors of the European Leadership Network; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom