Authors

PhD Student, East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Ph.D., Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, Former British diplomat

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

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Foreign Relations Department at St. Petersburg State University

Doctor of History, Professor, Ural Federal University

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

Ph.D, Head of Chair, Cybernetics and Information Security Department, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Research Nuclear University)

Ph.D., retired transdisciplinary consultant who writes on technology, power, global risks and future systems

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

Ph.D, Vice-Rector for HR, Associate professor at the Department of Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

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

Political Scientist

Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka

Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

University of Birmingham

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

PhD, Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia (APRI Armenia)