Authors

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club