Authors

Founder and Head of CREON Group, RIAC Member

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

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Independent Analyst

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science and Associate Professor and Distinguished Researcher at the Tsinghua University Technology Innovation Research Centre, and Executive Secretary of the Sino-Russian Research Center for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies

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

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Andrei Kelin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, RIAC Member

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior Research Associate with The Jindal Schoolof International Affairs, Sonepat

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council