Authors

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

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

Dr. of Geography, Professor of Economics, Head of the Center for Northern and Arctic Economies

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Head of the Department of Oriental Studies of the MGIMO University

Dual Master in Governance and Global Affairs (MGIMO) and International Relations (LUISS)

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

Head of Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), RIAC Member

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

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

Independent Analyst

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

Political Analyst

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Department of International Relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, MGIMO-University

PhD in History, Senior Research Fellow at RAS IMEMO Sector for US Foreign and Domestic Policy

Professor at Middle Tennessee State University

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State and Law Theory, International Law and Comparative Legal Studies, Voronezh State University; Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Administration Technologies at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, World Politics Department MGIMO-University

Doctor of History, professor, RAS Full Member, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far-East, Far-Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University