Authors

Vice Chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

Political Analyst

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

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

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Doctor of History, Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at Novosibirsk State University (Russia) and Research Fellow at the Stanford US-Russia Forum (USA)

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

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

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies

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

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge