Authors

Research Consultant, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi, Senior Research Fellow & PhD Candidate, Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Co-Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former U.S. Senator, United States

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

President of the The Piatigorsky Foundation, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Doctor of History, Professor, Dean of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of Economy, Professor, Professor, Member of the Global Migration Policy Associates

Independent Expert

Ambassador (rtd), President, Munich Security Conference Foundation; and former State Secretary, German Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Senior Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI); Adviser to the Chair of the St. Petersburg Government Committee for External Relations

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Vice Admiral, United States Coast Guard (retired)

Institute of Oriental Studies

CEO and co-founder of Hozint - Horizon Intelligence, founder and director of the International Security Observer

Independent Analyst

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Head of the Mongolia Unit, Senior Researcher at the Korea and Mongolia Division, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Economic Studies, Presidential Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

PhD in Political Science

Head of Trade Policy Department of Russian APEC Study Centre at RANEPA