Authors

PhD, Institute of Asian and African Studies

Associate Professor, Senior researcher at the Сenter for civilizational and regional studies of the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Member of the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Scientists (WSWF)

Counselor of the National Committee for BRICS Research

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Independent journalist

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Foreign Policy Analyst, Assistant researcher, Forum on Geopolitics, University of Cambridge

Analyst at CNA Corporation

PhD in History, Director of the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Research Fellow at the Center for Trade and Economic Integration at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, former Philippine Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

International Information Security and Global Internet Governance Program Coordinator, PIR Center

LLM Public International Law — International Environmental and Energy Law, NRU HSE

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

Senior Associate, Bedell Cristin, Singapore

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Seoul National University

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Expert at the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Corresponding member, RAS, Dr. of Economics, Professor,
Dean of the Faculty for International Energy Business, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Ph.D in History, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)