Authors

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Political Analyst

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Independent Analyst

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

MGIMO University

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