Authors

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

Senior Fellow at East-West Institute, Brussels

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

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

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation