Authors

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Political Analyst

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Independent Analyst

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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