Authors

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

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

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

PhD in Political Science, Director of the EU Political Integration Center at RAS Institute for European Studies

Former Ambassador for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State

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

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

Independent Analyst

Political Analyst

Doctor of Sciences in History, Chair of the Department of Contemporary History of Russia at the Institute of History and Archives of RSUH, RIAC Member

Doctor of History, RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies, member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning

International Security expert, MA in International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris/MGIMO

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

Doctor of Science, Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club; Academic supervisor of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE University, RIAC Member

MGIMO University

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Ph.D. in Law, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

Ph.D. candidate in Slavic and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University

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

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

Ph.D. (History), Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies, HSE University

Research Fellow of the Department for European Political Studies at Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) at the Higher School of Economics National Research University (HSE University)

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

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