Authors

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Employee at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Cairo, Central Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in the 2000s, currently works in the oil and gas industry

Ph.D. in Economic Sciences, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, IDIP RFTA; Senior Research Fellow, Russian Center for APEC Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

PhD, Head of Computational Genomics, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Russia’s Representative in ELIXIR Consortium

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

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

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Ph.D, Senior lecturer at People’s Friendship University of Russia

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Editor-in-Chief of "International Affairs" journal

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

PhD, Foundation Fellow in the Australian Studies Institute at Australian National University

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor