Authors

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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 Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Political Analyst

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst