Authors

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, School of International Regional Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Research Fellow, International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

International lawyer, Ph.D. in History, Ph.D. in Law

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Rector of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF)

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Rector of the HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Head of Research Group of Studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

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

PhD in Political Science, Independent Analyst

Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Director of the RAS Institute for African Studies, RIAC Member

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law, Russian State University for the Humanities

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies

Ph.D. in History, Expert, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO)

PhD in History, Research fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Director of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC member

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

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Research fellow at TU Dortmund University, specialist in autonomous decision-making systems