Authors

Leading research worker with the Center for Global Problems at the Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University, professor of linguistic semantics at Moscow State Linguistic University

Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Vietnam and ASEAN, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of RAS

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences

Master of Science (Econ) from Copenhagen Business School, University degree in Spanish Culture and Languages from University of Copenhagen

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

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Head of the Mongolia Unit, Senior Researcher at the Korea and Mongolia Division, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Political scientist, Chairman of the Georgian Economic Forum

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

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 Political Science; Consultant, PIR Center

PhD in History, independent journalist

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

PhD, Deputy Head, Institute of History and International Relations Saratov State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the Black Sea-Mediterranean Research Center of the RAS Instute of Europe

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

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

Political scientist, Moldova

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

PhD in Economics, Head of the Production Support Department at Gazpromneft-Sakhalin