Authors

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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