Authors

President, Society of Caucasian Studies Experts

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

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

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

Independent Analyst

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

Ph.D. in History, Research affiliate at the Ukrainian Research Institute (Harvard University) and the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Deputy Director, Analytical Center Observo, French-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS

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

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

Researcher at Energy and Security Center, Eugeny Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Independent expert

Deputy Director, Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Association for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in History, Expert, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO)

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

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Political Scientist

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

Research Fellow at The Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries