Authors

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Chairman of PIR Center, Lieutenant-General (retired), RIAC Vice-president

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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

Political Analyst

MGIMO University

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

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

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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