Authors

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

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

University of Birmingham

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Political Scientist

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

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

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

CEO & President of The EastWest Institute

Independent expert

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

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

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

Vice President of the Russian International Affairs Council, Executive Vice President of Etalon Group

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

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor

Executive Director for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung

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

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

Ph.D in History, Leading Research Fellow at MGIMO University, Editor-in-Chief of International Analytics Magazine

Independent Analyst

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member