Authors

Emeritus Professor, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra

PhD in History, Researcher at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University

Executive Director of Gorchakov Foundation for Public Diplomacy Support, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), professor, RIAC Member

Research Fellow & Coordinator West Asia Centre, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

PhD in Political Science, research fellow at Centre for the Study of Middle East of Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

Doctor of Economics, Director of the Centre for Energy and Transport of the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the Global Political Processes Department of the MGIMO University

Doctor of International Law, Professor, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director General of the International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya", RIAC Member

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

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

University of Birmingham

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran)

Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Doctor in Political Science, PhD in History, Professor at School of world politics of MSU

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford, Director of the ESRC/OFSRE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), Editor-in-Chief of Higher Education, Professorial Associate of the Melbourne Centre for Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, and Lead Researcher at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow

MGIMO University

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Ph.D. in Legal Sciences, Deputy Head of the Department of International Law at MGIMO University

PhD in Economics, Head of the European Security Department RAS Institute of Europe

Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India

Editor of Russian Information Agency “Novosti” (RIANOVOSTI)