Authors

Professor of government and politics at George Mason University

Independent journalist

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Independent Analyst

MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

HSE University Student

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO and Co-Founder of TSS Ltd

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

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

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

Editor-in-Chief of "International Affairs" journal

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Dual Master in Governance and Global Affairs (MGIMO) and International Relations (LUISS)

PhD in Law, PhD of Potsdam University

Director of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Full Member

President of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Leading Specialist, Marketing Department, Rosatom Energy Projects

Dean of the Department of World Economics and World Politics of the National Research University-Higher School of Economics

Independent Expert

Ph.D. in History, Associate Professor, Yerevan State Linguistic University

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor at MGIMO-University Integration Processes Department

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

MSc, MGIMO University, field of study International Economic Law

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Eastern University – School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University

PhD in History, Working Group Coordinator at the Central Eurasia Research Center, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies