Authors

Independent Analyst

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Doctor of War Science, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of War Sciences

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

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

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

Expert in the Foreign Policy and Security division at the Center for Strategic Research

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Philosophy, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Science

Ph.D. in History

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Third Secretary, RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

PhD in History, Head of IMEMO RAN Department, Professor of MGIMO University

PhD in international relations, contributor to the German Caucasus Watch

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at World Politics Department, MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Director of Center for Political Studies of the RAS Institute of Latin America, Professor of Global Processes Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University