Authors

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

President, Synergia Foundation

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

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

PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Sector Head at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in History, Expert on Latin America expert

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Researcher, Center for Comprehensive Chinese Studies and Regional Projects at MGIMO University

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Applied Research Center and Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of World Politics at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Brazilian columnist and RIAC blogger

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

PhD in Economics, Head of the Center for Agrarian Research and Food Security, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Centre for Energy and Transport of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies