Authors

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

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

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

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

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Economic Research at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Regional Studies of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of Philosophy, MGIMO Professor

Institute of Oriental Studies

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

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

Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Policy, the University of Sydney

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 Analyst

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

Senior Researcher, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University; PIR Centre consultant

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

Doctor of History, Head of the Political and Military Research Unit at the RAS Institute of USA and Canada Studies

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

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Ph.D. in Political Science, Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

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

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