Authors

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

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

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Professor of World Economy and International Affairs Department at Higher School of Economics, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

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

Research Assistant at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies under the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, NatStrat, India

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC member

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in History, Research fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

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

Dr. of History, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at St. Petersburg State University, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of the Latin America journal, RIAC Member

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation