Authors

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Independent Analyst

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member