Authors

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Faculty of Law, HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

PhD, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” Project at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

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

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Ph.D. in History, Deputy Director for Science of the IOS RAS, RIAC Member

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

Ph.D. researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation

Master of International Affairs (Texas A&M University, 2015)

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Director of the Center for the Study of the Contemporary Balkan crisis of the RAS Institute of Slavic Studies, Academician of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

PhD candidate at Haifa University’s School of Political Sciences

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

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

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics