Authors

Ambassador, Senior fellow and distinguished chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation

PhD in Political Science, Independent expert

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)

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

Professor, Doctor of Law; president of the Chair of International Law at the People’s Friendship University of Russia; member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

Junior Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

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

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

Senior Research Fellow, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ambassador, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Mexican Sherpa to the G20

Independent Expert

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

PhD candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus

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

Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, RIAC Member, RIAC Vice-President

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

Dr., Head of the Center for Comparative Eurasia Studies and Surveys, CEASS-Vienna

MA, International Relations Pierre Mendès-France University, Post-graduate, UNICAMP University, Brazil

Academic librarian at the University of East London

D.Sc. (Philosophy), professor, Head of the Chair of Political Governance, Political Science Department, St. Petersburg State University

Expert at the Laboratory of Asia-Pacific International Institutions and Multilateral Cooperation, Far Eastern State University School of Regional and International Studies, Сorrespondent of the Regional News Agency Data

PhD in Political Science

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

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"