Authors

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

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

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

Deputy Director, TV Channel "Rossiya" (RTR), Manager and Presenter of “News on Saturday with Sergey Brilev”

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

Doctor of Philological Sciences, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Financial University, RIAC Member

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

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

Independent Analyst

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

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

Mexico's Ambassador to the Russian Federation

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

Lecturer in Law at University of Aberdeen, Legal Adviser to the IFC Russia Renewable Energy Program

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Pacific State University

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

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

Doctor of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Comparative Governance Studies, Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HSE Campus in St. Petersburg

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

Dr. of Science (Economics), Corresponding Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for scientific work, RAS Institute of Europe, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences (IE RAS), Head of the Country Studies Department, Head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of European Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

PhD in History, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Professor at the HSE University, RIAC Member

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Head of the World Politics Department of the Higher School of Economics

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