Authors

Independent Analyst

Research Fellow at the Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, co-founder of the Vatfor project

RIAC Member

University of San-Francisco, Professor of International Relations

Master’s Student, MGIMO University, RIAC Intern

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor at the Department of World Politics, Faculty of International Relations, Director of World Politics Master’s Program, St. Petersburg State University

Research Fellow of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center at MGIMO University

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Senior Lecturer, Department of International Economic Relations and External Economic Links, MGIMO University

Ph. D., Executive Vice President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

Representative, Resource Agribusiness Group

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 Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Political scientist, independent expert on Middle East conflicts, Islamic movements and terrorist organizations

Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs magazine, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member.

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Researcher, Junior Research Fellow at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Lecturer at Asian and African Studies from Moscow State University

Senior Officer, International Arctic The Pew Charitable Trusts

PhD in History, Professor at Chair of Theory and History of International Relations, Boris Yeltsin Urals Federal University

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Coordinator at the Reanimation Package of Reforms initiative, Ukraine

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China, RIAC Member

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member

International lawyer, Ph.D. in History, Ph.D. in Law

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative

PhD in History, Research Fellow with the Crisis Society Study Centre

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

Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, former Chairman of the National Security Council of Georgia

Political observer