Authors

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

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

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Editor-in-Chief of the Nuclear Physics and Engineering Journal, RIAC Member

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

PhD, Professor, Senior Researcher of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Vice-president

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

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

PhD Candidate, Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RAS

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA

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

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

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

Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, IMEMO RAS

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

President, Society of Caucasian Studies Experts

Journalist for The New York Observer, Founder/Director of Deepcor Media Former communications director of the Himalayan Consensus - an NGO based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Ph.D. from Duisburg University, Senior Advisor of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs / Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)

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

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

Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies (Azerbaijan)

PhD in History, Head of the European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Mexico and Founding President of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations - COMEXI

Leading analyst, Center for Energy and Digital Economy Stretegic Research, MGIMO University. Founder, President of Honour, MGIMO Arctic Student Research Club