Authors

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Political Analyst

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

MGIMO University

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

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

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

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

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics