Authors

RIEAS Senior advisor based in Athens, Greece and Associate at the Centre for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Junior Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Full Member

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

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

Retired Councellor RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Central and Eastern Europe Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at MGIMO University; Professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC Member

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

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

Master of Arts in International Relations (MGIMO University), Independent Analyst

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

Political Analyst

PhD in Political Science, Political Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

PhD in political science