Authors

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University

Ph.D. researcher, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

PhD in Economics, Head of Department of Assessment and Coordination of International and Duel Master's Degree Programs, MGIMO-University, MFA of Russia

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Ambassador, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)

Doctor of History, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Eurasian Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Russian Foreign Ministry

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Ph.D. in History, Head of India Studies at the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, RIAC Member

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

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

PhD in Philosophy, Film critic

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, RIAC Visiting Research Fellow

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

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

RIAC Member

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Regional Economic Studies, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Political observer