Authors

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Ph.D. of Law, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director, Institute for Global Governance Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Study (SIIS)

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

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Doctor of Economics, Head of the Center for Strategic Analysis and Planning, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Foreign Economy Policy Sector, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Research Fellow

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

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

PhD fellow at the Chair of International Law, PFUR Law School

Ph.D., assistant professor of Russian history, Urals Federal University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

PhD in History, Senior Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Chairman, Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO

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

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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)

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

PhD in Political Science, Department of International Issues Applied Analysis of the MGIMO University

Head of the Department "Public-Private Partnership", Faculty "Higher School of Management", Financial University, RIAC Member

President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Doctor of Economics, Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Senior Fellow and Vice President at the Observer Research Foundation