Authors

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the School of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Research Fellow, Russian Institute of Strategic Studies (RISS)

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Theory of Politics Section IMEMO RAN

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

Head of International Projects Section, Postgraduate of World History Department of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group

PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Russian International Affairs Council Expert, Member of Space Generation Advisory Council

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member

Researcher at the Center for Central Asian Studies of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lecturer in the School of International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

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

RIAC Member

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

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

Scientific Director of the RAS Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, RAS Full Member

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

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Independent journalist