Authors

Chief Economist; Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation MTS Bank

Master of Arts in International Relations (MGIMO University), Independent Analyst

Ph.D. in International Relations, Deputy Director of Institute for Iran & Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Lecturer at University of Tehran

PhD in Economics, Head of the innovative direction at the Interdepartmental Analytical Center

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

Dr. of Political Science, Director Research Center, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at the Faculty of World Politics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

D.Sc. (politics), Professor, North (Arctic) Federal University

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Head of the Department of Central and Eastern Europe Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at MGIMO University; Professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

Ph.D. in Political Science, Deputy Director of the ASEAN Center, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

Geopolitical Analyst and Commentator

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

PhD in History, Visiting Researcher at Hosai University, Honorable Professor of Yamanashi University (Japan)

Former Defense Secretary and Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Ph.D. in History, Scientific Advisor of The Evgeny Primakov Center for International Cooperation, Senior Research Fellow, Center for the Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Academic Director of Siberian Federal University, RAS Full Member

Ph.D. in History, Head of Section for New Challenges in South and Southeast Asia at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO RAS)

Ph.D. in History; Senior Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Research Fellow, Center for Applied Analysis of Global Transformations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

Deputy Head, CCEIS Asia-Pacific Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

Doctor of History, Professor of the Comparative Political Studies Department at MGIMO-University

Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies (Azerbaijan)

PhD in Political Science, associate professor at the Department of World Politics, MGIMO University

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies

Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Head of Section of the Asia-Pacific Region Problems, IMEMO RAN

Director of the Baltic Studies Institute of I. Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Researcher at the Center for Middle East Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS; Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Geography of Asian and African countries, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Ph.D., Senior researcher at IMEMO, Russian Academy of sciences