Authors

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

PhD in Political Studies, Associate Professor at European Studies Department, Saint Petersburg State University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Ph.D., Professor of World Politics Department, Moscow State University

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

PhD in History, Political Studies Center of the RAS Institute of Economics

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Deputy director and senior fellow with the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Analyst at CNA Corporation

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

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Independent expert, specializes in EU, US and WTO affairs

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University

Senior Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Corresponding Member of RAS, Doctor of Economics, RIAC Member

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Economics, RAS Corresponding Member

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