Authors

Political Scientist, Coordinator of Kyrgyzstan Analytical Club

Director of Inter-ethnic relations Department of Ministry of Regional Development of Russia

Ph.D. in Economics, Senior Research Fellow, Professor, Department of World Economy and Global Finance, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

PhD in Economics, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Regional Economic Studies, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Researcher at Ankara based think-tank International Strategic Research Organization (USAK)

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

Ph.D., Kant Institute Deputy Director, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University

Ph.D. in Economics, RIAC Member

Doctor of Economy, Professor of MGIMO, Chief Scientific Fellow of the Far East Institute of RAS

Professor at Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, and leading expert at the National Energy Security Fund

Journalist, Sinologist

PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand

Doctor of Historical Sciences. Deputy Director of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Professor at the Department of Applied International Analysis, MGIMO University

Doctor of Sciences in Economics, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academic Director of the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering within the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC Member

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Doctor of Political Science, Chief research fellow, Center of International Security, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Ph.D., senior researcher, Russia – China Centre, RAS Far East Institute

Research Fellow at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI)

Chair of the Iran Section, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Associate Professor at the Department of World Economy, MGIMO University

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)

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

PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Weapons Expert, Former UN inspector in Iraq, Creator of Russian chemical weapons destruction technologies

Economics Expert at Discussion Society Liberal Cub, Belarus

Ph.D. in Political Science, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Military and Political Research, RAS Institute of U.S. and Canadian Studies

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

Political Science PhD, associate professor, head of department of European integration at MGIMO-University, leading research fellow at the RAS Institute of Europe

Tutor of business, law and social sciences at Kaplan International College, Affiliated Faculty at University College London

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