Authors

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Institute of Oriental Studies

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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