Authors

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

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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 History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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