Authors

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

Independent Analyst

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

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