Authors

Researcher at the Center for Central Asian Studies of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lecturer in the School of International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics

Director of EPPEN Institute & Instructor at Department of Eurasian Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

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

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Senior Research Associate at the Strategic Vision Institute (Pakistan)

Ph.D., Leading Expert, Military-Political Studies Center, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Independent expert

Dual Master in International Public Management (Sciences Po Paris) and International Security (MGIMO)

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), HSE University

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Economics, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

Doctor of War Science, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of War Sciences

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India, RIAC Member

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.