Authors

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Deputy General Director, Head of the Analytical Department Information Analysis Centre, Moscow State University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

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

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. of Political Science, Chief Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian–Chinese Relations Studies and Forecasting of the Institute of Far
Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in History; Senior Research Fellow, Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Studies, MGIMO University under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Doctor of History, Chief Researcher of the RAS Institute for European Studies

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

Ph.D., Associate Director of and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

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

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Member of the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Dean of Public Administration Faculty of the Moscow State University, RIAC Member