Authors

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

PHD Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Eastern University – School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

MA, MGIMO University

RAS Full Member, RIAC member

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University

Associate Professor of International Relations, Koç University (Turkey)

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Political Science, Leading Research Fellow, Head of the Center for Italian Studies, Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

MGIMO University

Institute of Oriental Studies

Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University, RIAC member