Authors

Independent Analyst

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Transitional – Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, Political Risk Analyst

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Independent journalist

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University