Authors

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

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

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

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

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

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

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

Political Analyst

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Independent Analyst