Authors

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

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

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

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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

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

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State