Authors

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

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

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

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

Editor-in Chief, Russkiy Mir Journal

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

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

Head of Research, Center for Situational Analysis at RAS, member of the Directorate of IMEMO RAS, RAS Full Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

Program Manager at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Director of Foreign Policy at the Centre for European Reform

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member

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

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

Research Fellow, Center for Social and Political Studies, IDIP RFTA

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Political Analyst

PhD in Economics, Academic Secretary of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies