Authors

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

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

Political Analyst

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University