Authors

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

Ph.D. in Economics, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

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

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

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

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

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

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Independent Analyst

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies