Authors

Political Scientist

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy and Media Relations, RIAC Member

Member of the Union of Journalists and the Union of Russian Writers, Senior Editor, Strategy of Russia magazine

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

President of the Jordan-based Political Studies of the Middle East Center, Founder of the US-based Geostrategic and Media Center

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in Politics, Center for Domestic Policy Research at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

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

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

Researcher, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Planning Studies, IMEMO

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Senior research fellow, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

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

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

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

D.Sc. in Law, Professor, Department of European Law, MGIMO University; Professor, Institute of Management and Territorial Development, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)