Authors

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

MGIMO University

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Independent Analyst

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University