Authors

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

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

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

Independent Analyst

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels