Authors

Lead researcher and head of the Peace and Conflict Studies Unit at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Moscow

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Postdoctoral researcher, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, MGIMO University

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Master of Asian and African Studies, Socio-Economic and Political Development of Modern Asia programme, Higher School of Economics; Project Manager, Alliance Media Strategy

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Centre for Science Diplomacy and Advanced Academic Initiatives, Institute for International Studies of MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of Center of Socio-Political Studies ISKRAN

Editor-in-Chief, Nueva Sociedad, Argentina

Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV channel, editor-in-chief of international news agency "Rossiya Segodnya"

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

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

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

PhD in Political Science

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University

PhD in Political Science, Director of the Center for Advanced American Studies at MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Historical Sciences, Research Fellow at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, IMEMO RAS

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

PhD in Philosophy, Adviser to the director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Asia and Middle East specialist

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Ph. D., Special Research Fellow of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

PhD in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Demography at the Higher School of Economics

Special Representative of Russian President on International Cultural Cooperation. Ambassador-at-Large. RIAC member.

Deputy Director of the Centre for comprehensive European and international studies, Deputy Director of research programs at the Council on foreign and defense policy. Member of the RIAC.

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

Doctor of History, Leading Expert in the MGIMO ASEAN Centre

Independent Analyst

Vice Chairman - Foreign Relations, Karachi Council on Foreign Relations

Expert on Development Assistace

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, NatStrat, India