Authors

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, MGIMO University

Deputy Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

M.A. Candidate, International Economics and Energy, Resources & Environment, Johns Hopkins University

PhD in Political Science

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Research Center of International Relations, RAS Institute of Sociology

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Graduated in Political Science to the Catholic University of the Sacread Heart (Milan)

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

Independent Analyst

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Third Secretary, RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

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

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Political Scientist

Ph.D. in Political Science and Associate Professor and Distinguished Researcher at the Tsinghua University Technology Innovation Research Centre, and Executive Secretary of the Sino-Russian Research Center for the Digital Economy at Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD in Economics

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at World Politics Department, MGIMO University

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

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

Assistant Professor of International Relations and Strategic Studies, at the Department of International Relations, Goa University