Authors

Independent expert

Doctor of Political Science, Deputy Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Political Science Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science, Head of the Asia and Eurasia Program at the Russian International Affairs Council

Doctor of Political Science, Expert at the Institute of Oriental studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and a Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies in the Russian State University for Humanities

PhD in Philosophy, Senior Lecturer at the HSE University

Ph.D. in History, Research Associate, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Dr. of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Problems of Transformation of Political Systems and Cultures, World Politics Department at Lomonosov Moscow State University

Expert at the Institute of the Middle East, graduate of International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy at MGIMO

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Department of Central and Eastern European Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Analyst at the Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (Derasat)

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

MA, Higher School of Economics and blogger

Doctor of Political Sciences, Deputy Director of the Caucasus Institute

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of the World Economy Department, Academic Head of the World Economy Undergraduate Program at HSE- University

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Dr. of Philosophy, Senior Research Fellow RAS INION, Professor, MGIMO University, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Honorary President, Russian Political Science Association

Expert on Afghanistan and Central Asian Countries

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Far East Institute's Vietnam-ASEAN Research Centre under Russia's Science Academy

Postgraduate at International and European Law Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Department of Strategic Management of Fuel and Energy Sector, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas

Senior research fellow in the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Canada

Associate Professor of International Relations (ret.), University of Cyprus

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

PhD in Political Science

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

PhD, Chief of the Executive Committee CIS Electric Power Council

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy