Authors

Doctor of History, Professor of the Oriental Studies Department of the MGIMO University

PhD in History, Theology Department, Urals State Mining University

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

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

President, Global Migration Policy Associates

PhD in History, Associate Professor, Department of Post-Soviet Countries, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Post-Soviet and Interregional Studies

Temporary – Assistant Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Senior Research Fellow at RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India, RIAC Member

Ph.D in History, Professor of MGIMO University, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Dr. of Economics, Professor of International Economic Relations and Foreign Economic Relations MGIMO University

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Economist and International Relations Analyst, Project Coordinator of “Greece, Cyprus, Egypt & Israel: Opportunities and Restrictions of a Mediterranean Coalition” at the International Relations Institute of Athens

Head of Dual Master's Programs, Master's Programs Directorate, MGIMO-University

President of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RIAC member.

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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

Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, RIAC Visiting Research Fellow

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Ph.D, heads the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin

President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP), Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (2012–2016)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Holy See and RF Representative to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, RIAC member

PhD in Geography, senior researcher, Institute of Demography HSE

New Delhi based Journalist & Eurasia Analyst

Ph.D. in Political Science, President World Security Network, Berlin

University of Birmingham

MENA Program Director, International Crisis Group (ICG)