Authors

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

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 physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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