Authors

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Society Studies, Expert of the Middle East Institute, RIAC

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Doctor of Political Science; Professor at the Russian Academy of Sciences; Program Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club;Professor, MGIMO University

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member