Authors

President of the Russian-American Council of Business Cooperation

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics National Research University Campus in St. Petersburg, Assistant at the Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science; Professor, Institute of International Relations at Pyatigorsk State University

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Ph.D. in History, Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, 3rd class; expert on Syria, Eastern Mediterranean and the Gulf, Associate Professor of the Department of International Business at the Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation

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

Director of Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industry Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Professor

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor at the Higher School of Economics

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

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Analyst in charge of Former Soviet Union and Balkans Desk at Ce.S.I. Centro Studi Internazionali

Doctor of Economics, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, RIAC Member

PhD Student, RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAN)

PhD in Law, MGIMO University

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Research Fellow, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

PhD Candidate in International Relations, specialist in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Turkey

Secretary-General of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Senior Research Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Candidate of History, Assistant Professor, Oriental Political Studies Dept. Institute for African and Asian Studies Moscow State University

Post-graduate student in the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Region: Politics, Economy, Security international educational program at the Far Eastern State University

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Saint-Petersburg State Mining University