Authors

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

PhD in History, Research fellow of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Cand.Sc.(Ped.), Junior Research Fellow, Moscow Lomonosov University

Postgraduate at RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

PhD in History, Head of the Korea and Mongolia Department, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

Commentator for International Affairs under the Editor-in-Chief of Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Professor of Foreign Regions Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Expert on history of CEE countries

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member.

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

PhD in History, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

Ph.D. in History, Research Fellow at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Valdai Discussion Club Expert

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

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

Independent expert

Senior research fellow at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography, HSE

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

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

PhD University of Cambridge, Researcher, Centre for Energy, Climate and Environmental Law, University of Eastern Finland; consultant at the International Institute for Sustainable Development

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Center for Global Studies & International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federal Republic of Germany, RIAC Member

Aide to the President of the Russian Federation

Research Fellow at the Department of Modern History of Central and Southeast Europe, Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University