Authors

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and Foreign Area Studies of the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC member.

Ph.D. in Political Science, Professor, Department of World Politics at MGIMO University

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

Doctor of Economics, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

RF state counselor, 1st class, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations of the Eastern University – School of Regional and International Studies of the Far Eastern Federal University

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Postgraduate student, IMEMO RAS

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

PhD in Political Science, Andrew Derbenev is a Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and an Associate Professor in Moscow State Pedagogical University

Program Coordinator, Website Content Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Deputy Director General at ‘Vestnik Kavkaza’, Information & Analytics Agency

PhD in Political Science, Senior Teacher at the Department of European Studies, Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor