V. V. NAUMKIN

Scientific Supervisor of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (History), Professor. Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including books: “History of the East”, “Islam and Muslims: Culture and Politics”, “The Middle East in World Politics and Culture”, “The Red Wolves of Yemen”, “Radical Islam in Central Asia: between Pen and Rifle”, “The Arab World, Islam and Russia: Past and Present”, “The Socotra Archipelago Islands (expeditions 1974–2010)”, “Conflicts and Wars of the 21st Century: Middle East and North Africa” (co-authored), and others. Editor-in-Chief of the journals “Vostok (Oriens)”, Bulletin of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Oriental Analytics. Chairman of the editorial boards of the journals “Oriental Archives” and “Epigraphy of the East”, member of the editorial boards of many periodicals. Awarded the Order of Friendship, foreign and public awards, including the Order of Honor of the Council of Muftis of Russia, “For Service to the Fatherland” (Golden Cross), “The Russian Nation”, the Order of Friendship of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Golden Order of Merit from the State of Palestine, etc. Awarded V. V. Posuvaliuk Prize of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, S. F. Oldenburg Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences.