Authors

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

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

Independent Analyst

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

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

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

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

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies