Authors

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

President of the Russian-American Council of Business Cooperation

Associate Professor, Università Roma TRE

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

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Central and Eastern Europe Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at MGIMO University; Professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)

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

Research Fellow at The Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Head, Center for Economic Integration, IDIP RFTA, Research Fellow, Institute for International Economics and Finance, RFTA

Observer, International Affairs monthly

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

Dual Master in Governance and Global Affairs (MGIMO) and International Relations (LUISS)

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

Professor and Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics American University of Paris

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

Director of the Research Institute for European and American Studies based in Athens, Greece

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

Analyst at CNA Corporation

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Center for Human Demography and Ecology, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum