Authors

PhD in Economics, MBA, Lead Research Fellow (Center for International Economic Relations Studies), Institute for Finance and Economic Research, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

Ph.D. in History, Expert at the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, MGIMO University

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Full Member

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Planning Studies, IMEMO

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Chief Research Fellow at the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Head of the Center for Russia’s Strategy in Asia, Institute of Economics of RAS

Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Former First Deputy Chief of the Military Science Department, Russian Armed Forces General Staff

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Fellow, Middle East and Africa Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

MA, MGIMO University

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

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

President of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

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

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member