Authors

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

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

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

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

Institute of Oriental Studies

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

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

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

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Energy Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MGIMO University

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

Chief Research Fellow of the RAS Vavilov Institute of Natural History and Technology, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

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

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

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

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

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

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

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

Political Analyst

Independent Analysts, Energy consultant, eXelen srl

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

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