Authors

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

International College of Economics and Finance, Higher School of Economics

MA, MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Research, MGIMO University, RIAC Member

Third Secretary, RF Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Editor in chief, PIRC

President of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, RIAC member

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in Philology, Rector of Moscow State Linguistic University, RIAC Member

PhD in political science

PhD in History, independent journalist

Research Fellow, MSU Institute of Information Security Issues

Doctor of History, Professor, Comparative Political Studies Department of the MGIMO University

Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academic Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ph.D., Senior Fellow of The Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies at Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Professor, Chief Research Associate at the Institute for International Studies (IIS) of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

President of the Urals Federal University named after the First Russian President B.N. Yeltsyn

Ph.D. (History), Head of the Department of Ethno-Political Conflict at the Institute of Europe under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Political Science PhD, associate professor, head of department of European integration at MGIMO-University, leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of Europe

Doctor of History, Head of the Afghanistan Sector of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Senior Expert, Center for Military and Political Studies, MGIMO MFA

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Professor at Middle Tennessee State University

President and CEO of Vegarus Group Africa Business Initiative, Eurasian Economic Cooperation organization, CEO of the International Coordination Council of Alumni (INCORVUZ) FISU Executive Committee Member

Doctor of Political Science, Senior Researcher at the Analytical Centre of Institute of International Studies, MGIMO University

Director of Center for Energy and Security Studies, chief editor of Yaderny Club magazine, member of Scientific Council of the Security Council, RIAC member

Lecturer at the Department of Comparative Politics, PhD student at MGIMO University