I. O. ABRAMOVA

Director of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of African Studies and Arab Studies of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba, Doctor of Economic Sciences. Author of more than 250 scientific publications, including 11 monographs: “The New Role of Africa in the World Economy of the 21st Century”, “Islam, Global Governance and the New World Order” (co-authored), “Arab City at the Turn of the Millennium”, “Emerging and Failed States in the World Economy and Politics” (co-authored), “African Migration: Experience of Systemic Analysis”, “African Population in the New Global Economy”, “Resource Potential of Africa and Russia’s National Interests in the XXI Century”, and others. Member of the editorial boards of the scientific journals “Asia and Africa Today”, “Scientific Notes of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, “Conflictology”, and “Contours of Global Transformation”. Member of the Scientific Council under the RF Security Council, the Expert Council of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, the Russian Council on International Affairs. Awarded a Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” II class, a Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the anniversary Medal “300 Years of the Russian Academy of Sciences”.