Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1986–1990), First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1993–1994), RF Minister for Cooperation with the CIS (1997–1998), Moscow, Russia
Olga Butorina
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Deputy Director of the Institute of Europe; Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, Russia
Da Wei
Director of CISS; Professor, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, China
Glenn Diesen
PhD in Politics and International Relations, Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway, Vestfold, Norway
Alexander Filippov
Dr. Sc. (Sociology), Professor, National Research University–Higher School of Economics; Head of the Center for Fundamental Social Science, Poletayev Institute for Historical and Theoretical Studies in the Humanities. Moscow, Russia
Leonid Grigoriev
Chief Advisor to the Head of the Analysis Center under the Government of the Russian Federation, Head of the World Economy Chair of the World Economy and International Affairs Department of the National Research University–Higher School of Economics. Moscow, Russia
Sergey Kravets
Executive Editor of The Great Russian Encyclopedia publishers, Chief of the Religious and Research Center Orthodox Encyclopedia. Moscow, Russia
Alexey V. Kuznetsov
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Director, Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INION RAN), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, Russia
Andrey Lankov
PhD (History), Prof., Kookmin University, College of Social Studies. Seoul, Republic of Korea
Marlene Laruelle
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Research Professor, Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), George Washington University. Washington, DC, USA
Peter Paul Anatol Lieven
Professor, Georgetown University in Qatar, Senior Fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC. United Kingdom
Alexander Lomanov
Dr. Sc. (History), Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences. Moscow, Russia
Rasigan Maharajh
Founding Chief Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
Fabiano P. Mielniczuk
Professor of Political Science, Federal University of Rio Grande. Brazil
Alexei Miller
Dr. Sc. (History). Professor, European University at Saint-Petersburg. St.-Petersburg, Russia
Yakov Rabkin
Professor Emeritus of History at the Université de Montréal. Canada
Mehdi Sanaei
Associate Professor at the World Studies Faculty of the University of Tehran; Director of the Institute for Iran and Eurasia Studies (IRAS). Iran
Yuri Slezkine
Professor of History, Director of the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of California. Berkeley, USA
Andrei Tsygankov
Professor, International Relations and Political Science San Francisco State University. San Francisco, USA
Ilter Turan
Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Istanbul Bilgi University, President of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). Turkey
Yahia H. Zoubir
Professor of International Relations and International Management, Director of Research in Geopolitics, KEDGE Business School. France
