Authors

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

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

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

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

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

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