Authors

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Political Analyst

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Independent Analyst

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University