Authors

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

Chief of Moldova Department, Institute of CIS Countries

PhD in History, Economic Theory Department of the MGIMO University

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D in Political Science, Expert on International Affairs and Russia–Turkey Relations

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

PhD in Hystory, Assistant Professor of MGIMO University

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

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Relations with International Organisations, RIAC Member

Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies (Azerbaijan)

PhD in history

Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Chief Research Fellow at the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Head of the Center for Russia’s Strategy in Asia, Institute of Economics of RAS

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor at IR Department, Far Eastern Federal University, Adjunct Professor at the North-East Asia Research Center, Jilin University, China

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies (Belarus)

Ph.D. in Political Science, expert at the Centre for Crisis Society Studies (Centero)

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

Д.и.н., Doctor of History, Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

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

Research Analyst, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme The International Institute for Strategic Studies

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

Dr. of History, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at St. Petersburg State University, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of the Latin America journal, RIAC Member