Authors

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

MGIMO University

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation