Authors

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Head of the Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of MGIMO-University, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

RIAC Vice-President, President of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

PhD, Tenured Professor, Member of the HSE Academic Council, Academic Supervisor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University

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

Independent journalist

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University

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

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Expert, Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO)

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

Member of the Council of the Federation, RIAC member

Dr. of Political Sciences, Head of Black Sea and Mediterranean Studies Centre, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

PhD in History, Research Fellow at the Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Ph.D. in Law, Research Fellow at Department for Disarmament and Conflict Resolution Studies, the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Department of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at Baku Slavic University, Employee at the Department of International Politics and Foreign Policy, Institute for Political Science, University of Cologne

PhD in Technical Sciences, CEO of Digital Forensic Laboratory

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

К.и.н., заведующая Центром истории и культурной антропологии Института Африки РАН, эксперт РСМД

Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the Black Sea-Mediterranean Research Center of the RAS Instute of Europe