Authors

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

Expert at the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Economics, Independent expert

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

PhD in Political Science, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

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

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor at the Department of Jewish Studies, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Head of Research Group of Studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

PhD in Political Science

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Applied Political Science Department at Financial University of the Russian Federation Government

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Research, Institute of Economics and Utility Regulation, Higher School of Economics

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

PhD in History, senior research fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, RAS; associate professor, Department of Regional Issues in Global Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

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

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Population Studies Chair at Economy Department, Moscow State University

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

PhD (History), Research Fellow at School of International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Founder and Head of CREON Group, RIAC Member