Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of USSR (1986–1990), First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia (1993–1994), Minister of CIS Affairs for Russia (1997–1998). Moscow, Russia
Olga Butorina
Dr. Sc. (Economics), Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor. Head of Chair, European Integration Dpt., Advisor to the President, Moscow State University а Foreign Affairs. Moscow, Russia
Da Wei
Director of CISS; Professor, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, China
Glenn Diesen
PhD in Politics and International Relations, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway
Alexander Filippov
Doctor of Social Science, Full Professor with National Research University–Higher School of Economics, Head of the Center of Fundamental Social Science of the Poletayev Institute of Humanitarian Historical and Theoretical Studies. 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
INION’s director is Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science in Economy
Andrey Lankov
PhD in History, Prof., Kookmin University, College of Social Studies. Seoul, Republic of Korea
Marlene Laruelle
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Professor, Director, Institutefor European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Co-Director of PONARS Eurasia
Alexander Lomanov
Dr. Sc. (History), Acting Deputy Director for Scientific Work, Head of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies, The Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO). Moscow, Russia
Peter Paul Anatol Lieven
Professor, Georgetown University in Qatar, Senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC. United Kingdom
Alexei Miller
Dr. Sc. (History). Professor, European University at Saint-Petersburg
Yakov Rabkin
Professor Emeritus of History at the Université de Montréal (Canada)
Mehdi Sanaei
Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Tehran, Head of the Centre for Iranian and Eurasian Studies
Yuri Slezkine
Professor of History, Director of the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. U.S.A.
Andrei Tsygankov
Professor, International Relations and Political Science San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA
Ilter Turan
Emeritus Professor 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, and Director of Research in Geopolitics at KEDGE Business School (France).