Authors

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Independent Analyst