Authors

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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