Sergei Karaganov (Chairman)
Dr. Sc. (History), Chairman, Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy; Dean of the School of World Economics and International Relations, Higher School of Economics–State University

Martti Ahtisaari (Finland)
President of Finland, 1994-2000

Graham Allison (U.S.A)
Prof., Harvard University; Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; former Assistant Secretary of Defense, U.S.A.

Alexei Arbatov
Director, Center of International Security, Institute of the World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexander Avdeyev (in a personal capacity)
Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation 

Lev Belousov (Deputy Chairman)
Dr. Sc. (History), Prof., Head of the Department of Modern History of European Countries, Moscow State University

Fred Bergsten (U.S.A)
Ph.D. (Economics), Director, Institute for International Economics, U.S.A.; former Assistant Secretary, Treasury Department, U.S.A.

Carl Bildt (Sweden)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Prime Minister of Sweden, 1991-1994

Vladimir Grigoryev (in a personal capacity)
Advisor to head of the Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communication of the Russian Federation

James F. Hoge Jr. (U.S.A)
Editor, Foreign Affairs

James Hoge (U.S.A.)
Editor, Foreign Affairs

Igor Ivanov
Dr. Sc. (History), Prof., Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Karl Kaiser (Germany)
Professor, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Irina Khakamada
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Lecturer, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the Academy of Finance; State Duma Deputy, 1993-1999

Helmut Kohl (Germany)
Chancellor of Germany, 1982-1998

Andrei Kokoshin
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Deputy Chairman, State Duma Committee on Science and Technology; Director, Institute on International Security Issues

Mikhail Komissar
Director General, Interfax News Agency

Vyacheslav Kopiev
Dr. Sc. (Law), Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sistema Joint Stock Financial Corporation

Mikhail Kozhokin
Dr. Sc. (History), Deputy President-Chairman of the Board, VTB24 bank

Yaroslav Kuzminov
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Director, Higher School of Economics - State University

Boris Kuzyk
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director General, “New Programs and Concepts” Holding Industrial Company; President, Institute of Economic Strategies

Sergei Lavrov (in a personal capacity)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Lukin
Dr. Sc. (History), Prof., Human Rights Ombudsman; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia

Fyodor Lukyanov
Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs

Vladimir Mau
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Director, Academy of the National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Thierry de Montbrial (France)
Director, French Institute of International Relations; Member, Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Institut de France

Vyacheslav Nikonov (Deputy Chairman) 
Dr. Sc. (History), President, “The Russian World” Foundation; President, “Polity” Foundation

Valery Okulov (in a personal capacity)
Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation 

Vladimir Ovchinsky 
Dr. Sc. (Law), Adviser to the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation; Major General (Ret.)

Vladimir Pozner
Television program host

Sergei Prikhodko (in a personal capacity)
Aide to the Russian President

Yevgeny Primakov
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation; Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-1999

Vladimir Ryzhkov
Dr. Sc. (History), Professor, Higher School of Economics–State University

Nikolai Shmelev
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Horst Teltschik (Germany)
Chairman, Teltschik Associates; Head, Foreign Policy Office of the Chancellor of Germany (1982-1998)

Anatoly Torkunov
Dr. Sc. (Politics), Director, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Lord William Wallace (U.K.)
Prof., London School of Economics

Sergei Yastrzhembsky (in a personal capacity)
Dr. Sc. (History), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 

Igor Yurgens
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Chairman of the Board, Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR); Vice-President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Alexander Zhukov
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

Sergei Zverev
Chairman of the Board of Directors, KROS Joint Stock Company