Authors

Ph. D., Associate Professor of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies of Peking University

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Independent analyst

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

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Assistant Professor at the University of Crete, Department of Political Science

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

Academic librarian at the University of East London

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Africa of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute of Current International Affairs, Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry

Assistant Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department at the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Doctor of Engineering, Associate Professor

Director of the Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU , RIAC Member

Director of the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Vice President of the Council on Strategic Interaction between China and Russia at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Director of EPPEN Institute & Instructor at Department of Eurasian Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairman of Board of Trustees of RIAC

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

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

Research Fellow at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations under the Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies

PhD in Political Science, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at RAS Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies