Authors

Political commentator, researcher and expert on Middle East affairs. President of the Moscow-based International Middle Eastern Studies Club (IMESClub)

Senior Researcher at the ‘Russia, China, World’ Centre of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKSA RAS), Head of the Commission for the Creation and Activities of Regional Branches, Member of the Central Board of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (ORKD)

Adviser to the Russian Trade Mission to Finland

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

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University (Turkey)

Ph.D in Political Science, Foreign Affairs Analyst

Doctor of Economics, Head of Department of IMEМО RAS, Professor of MGIMO University, RAS Corresponding Member, RIAC Member

Subject Matter Expert on Islamic Extremism, and cultures, tribes, and sects of the Middle East and Central Asia, Cultural Intelligence Consultant for a private U.S. firm

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for African Studies

Deputy Director of the Center for African Studies, HSE University

Head of international contacts and press relations service of the Gorbachev Foundation. Foreign affairs expert and journalist

Commodore, Former Strategy Director in the British Embassy in Afghanistan, author of Strategy for Action: Using Force Wisely in the 21st Century

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Director, HSE Institute for Educational Studies

RIAC member

Ph.D. in History, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University

Ph.D. in History, Senior Research Fellow at European Political Studies Department, IMEMO RAN

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Ph.D. in Political Science, Founder, The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), Associate Professor at University of Tehran; Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

MSc, MGIMO University, field of study International Economic Law

PhD fellow at the Chair of International Law, PFUR Law School

Head of Digital and Innovations Research, Associate Professor of Business Practice, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Ph.D. in History; Senior Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, Research Fellow, Center for Applied Analysis of Global Transformations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

Freelance reporter based in Kolkata

BA in International Relations, Higher School of Economics

PhD in Geography, Head of the laboratory, RAS Institute of Economic Forecasting