Authors

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

Ph.D, Associate Professor and the Vice Chair of the IR Department at Kirikkale University, Türkiye

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Head of the Center for International Security of IMEMO, RAS Full Member, RIAC member

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

Lt. General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

MGIMO-University

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology of Political Processes, Faculty of Sociology, MSU

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

Doctor of Economics, Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Major General, Strategic Advisor, Synergia Foundation

Deputy Director of the Centre for comprehensive European and international studies, Deputy Director of research programs at the Council on foreign and defense policy. Member of the RIAC.

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

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

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Program Director for Europe and Central Asia, International Crisis Group