Authors

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

MGIMO University

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

PhD in Political Science, EU and CE policy department of the Institute of European Studies at MGIMO University

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Diplomat, scholar in Asian Studies (at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University) and an expert on Thailand

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation