Authors

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council