Authors

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Independent expert

President of the North-Eastern Federal University, RIAC Member

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Independent Analyst

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Professor, Doctor of Economics, Head of the Economics Department at the CIS Institute, Leading Research Fellow at the RAS Institute of Economics

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

University of Birmingham

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD, Senior Lecturer in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics, Deputy Director of the Princess Dashkova Russia Center, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Independent Analyst

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Academic Supervisor of Social Sciences Department at Higher School of Economics, Professor, RIAC Member.

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America