Authors

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Head of Department of Economic Policy and Public-Private Partnership at MGIMO-University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Researcher at the International Institutes Research Center at the Institute of Applied Economic Policies, Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

RIAC President (2011–2026), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004), Russian Academy of Sciences Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of History, Head of Center for the Middle East Studies of the IMEMO, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studiesof the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Senior researcher, IFES, Russian Academy of Sciences

Member of the Scientific Council, Chairman of the Religion, Society, and Security Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Head of the Research Division, Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Secretary General of the All-China Association for the Study of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Deputy Director of the “One Belt and One Road” Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PhD in History, Head of Israel Department at RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

RIAC Member

Professor, Fudan University, Beijing Club for International Dialogue, Senior Expert

Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations, MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Professor at the Diplomacy Department at MGIMO Russia, Chief Research Fellow of the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in diplomatic history, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

Director of the Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the MGIMO University, 2nd Class Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Doctor of History