Authors

MGIMO University

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

PhD in Economics, Head of the Center for Agrarian Research and Food Security, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Analyst Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut

Doctor of Sociology, Professor of the Sociology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University

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

Ph.D. in History, Expert at the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the Higher School of Economics; research fellow at the RAS Institute of Latin American Studies; research fellow at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Expert

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

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Doctor of Political Science, Director, Head of the Center for Political Studies, RAS Institute of Latin America

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Center for Human Demography and Ecology, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting

Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of History, Professor, Head of the Black Sea-Mediterranean Research Center of the RAS Instute of Europe

Third Secretary, Press-Attaché of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ankara

Editor in chief, PIRC

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

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

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

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Researcher, IMEMO RAS

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

RIAC Member

A.B. Political Science, University of Chicago, MA candidate at the University of Western Australia