Authors

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

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

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

Senior Fellow, Energy, Investment and Connectivity, Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations

MGIMO University

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Doctor of physics and mathematics, Expert in scientific research commercialization

Expert, Ukrainian Institute of Politics

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

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

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