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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

MGIMO University

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

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, 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

Independent Analyst

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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