Authors

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Independent Analyst

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Institute of Oriental Studies

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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