Authors

President of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Visiting Lecturer at the HSE University, RANEPA University and MGIMO University

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, School of International Regional Studies, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS), Research Fellow, International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in Political Science and Law, Associate Professor, Presidential Academy of National Economy (RANEPA)

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

Member of the PIR Center Community, independent analyst

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Expert at the Middle East Institute

D.Sc., Head of the Center for U.S. Foreign Policy Studies, U.S. and Canadian Studies Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, IMEMO RAS

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

President, Synergia Foundation

PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies

Former Deputy National Security Advisor and Former Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation

Expert on Development Assistace

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Physics and Engineering Journal, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, Head of the Center for Strategic Analysis and Planning, Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, Research Associate at the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Ph.D. in History

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

Analyst, IDIP RFTA

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

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