Authors

PhD. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) and Head of the IFSH’s Centre
for OSCE Research (CORE)

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

University of Birmingham

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the ASEAN Centre, Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO-University

Independent Analyst

PhD in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at Center for Global Issues, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO–University

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

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 at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

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

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

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

RIEAS Senior advisor based in Athens, Greece and Associate at the Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan

Ph.D. in Political Science, Research Fellow, IMEMO RAS

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member.

President, Synergia Foundation

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member