Authors

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Political Analyst

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

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

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

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