Authors

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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