Authors

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

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

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

MGIMO University

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

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

Independent Analyst

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