Authors

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

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 Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

Independent Analyst

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member