Authors

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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