Authors

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Program Coordinator and Website Editor at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in Political Sciences, Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Expert at the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Arctic and Northern economies under the Council for the Study of Productive Forces (SOPS),Associate Professor of Philosophy, Economics and Social Sciences Department of the Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the History Faculty, Moscow State University

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

Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Political observer

Director, Center for Spatial Analysis in International Relations, MGIMO University

Research Fellow

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Economics, RAS Corresponding Member

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Editor-in-Chief of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University