Authors

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD Professor, University of the Philippines (ret.), Executive Director, Center for Political and Democratic Reforms, Inc.

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher at the RAS Institute of African Studies

PhD in Law, Political Scientist

Head of the Program (Tech Policy) at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

PhD in Technical Sciences, retired Major General

Doctor of Economics, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of Economic Research, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Director of the Applied Research Center and Russian Academy of Sciences Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of World Politics at Lomonosov Moscow State University

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Post-Graduate Researcher at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Expert of the Institute for Contemporary International Studies

Doctor of History, RIAC member

Independent expert

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Research Fellow Cambridge Central Asia Forum

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

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Associate, RAS Institute of Slavonic Studies

Doctor of law, Professor, Director of the International Cooperation Center of the Kutafin Moscow state law University, RIAC Member