Authors

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Director of Wider Europe Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

PhD in Law, Senior Research Fellow, IMEMO RAN

Senior Lecturer at the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation (SUAI); Adviser to the Chair of the St. Petersburg Government Committee for External Relations

Journalist, Sinologist

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

PhD in History, Leading Researcher, Department of Korea and Mongolia, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

Masters of Arts candidate at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Foreign Economy Policy Sector, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

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

MA, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Chairman of the Executive Committee — Executive Chairman of the CIS

Deputy Head, Department of Political Theory, MGIMO University

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

Global Vice President, EastWest Institute