Authors

Program Assistant at the Russian International Affairs Council

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

Doctor of History, Professor of Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Independent analyst

Doctor of Political Science, Professor of the Diplomacy Department of the MGIMO University

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

PhD in History, RAS Institute of Oriental Studies

Deputy Director General at ‘Vestnik Kavkaza’, Information & Analytics Agency

Independent researcher, lecturer at Dostoevsky Omsk State University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of MFA, Russia

Ph.D. (Hist.), Senior Research Fellow, Research Fellow of the Center for Development and Security Studies, Faculty of World Politics, Moscow State University

Deputy General Director, Head of the Analytical Department Information Analysis Centre, Moscow State University

Rector of the Far Eastern Federal University (2012–2016), RIAC member.

PhD in History, Leading Researcher at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies

Doctor of Political Science, Leading researcher, RAS Institute of Philosophy

Dr. of Economics, Head of the Sector of Economics of Science and Innovative Processes RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the RF MFA, RAS Full Member, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

Ph.D in Economics, Associate Professor at the Diplomacy Department of MGIMO under the MFA of Russia

PhD in Political Science; Associate Professor of the Department of Integration Processes, Senior Researcher at IMI MGIMO; Senior Researcher at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Economics, Head of Marketing and Advertising Chair at Russian State University for Humanities, Honorary Member of the Guild of Marketers

Academic Director, SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging Market Studies

Head of the "Africa in the Focus of Russian Interests" Programme at the MGIMO University

Founder of the SIKHA Foundation, lecturer at the Tbilisi State University

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation

PhD in Politics, Head of the Centre for Analysis of Middle East Conflicts, the RAS Institute for US and Canadian Studies

PhD in History, Senior Researcher in the RAS Institute of African Studies

Deputy Chairman of the Russia mufties Council and Head of the International Affairs Department of DUM RF

Head of International Cooperation Department, Integration Development Department, EEC

Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for the Russian Federation and Belarus