Authors

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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

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

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

Ph.D., Institute of International Relations and World History, N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

President of the International Foreign Policy Association, Chairman of the Global Council of Foreign Ministers of Foreign Affairs, President of the Alumni Association of MGIMO-University; Viktor Blazheev — Rector of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy, RIAC Member

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

PhD in Pedagogy, Head of Methodic Department at Russian National Library, Board Member of Russian Library Association

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

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

Analyst on Russia and its Middle East policy, MPhil International Relations, University of Cambridge

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

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

PhD in History, Post-Soviet Studies Center at the MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Technical Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for International Security, IMEMO RAS