Contributors

Boris Kagarlitsky

Director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements (IGSO) in Moscow

Wassim Kalaajieh

Coordinates the work of the forum "Al-Wasatiya (Moderation) Lebanon"

Olesya Kalashnik

Research assistant, Centre for African Studies, HSE University

Vali Kaleji

Expert on Central Asia and Caucasian Studies in Tehran, Iran.

Arnaud Kalika

Director of Corporate Security, Meridiam

Pavel Kalmychek

Director of the Department for Bipartite Cooperation Development, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Yevgeny Kanaev

Professor at the Department of International Affairs, National Research University — Higher School of Economics; D.Sc. in History

Hasan Kanbolat

Director of the Ankara-based Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM)

Pavel Kandel

Senior Scientific Associate, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Nivedita Kapoor

Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University

Boris Kapustin

Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Sergei Karaganov

Academis Supervisor of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University Higher School of Economics; Honorary Chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

Emmanuel Karagiannis

Senior Lecturer, Department of Defence Studies, King's College London; Research Affiliate, National Consortium for the Studies of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland

Jahangir Karami

Assistant professor, faculty of World Studies, Department of Russian Studies, University of Tehran, Iran

Tatiana Karasova

PhD in History, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Israel, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexander Karavayev

Researcher at the Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Marina Kargalova

1938–2020
Doctor of Science (History), Chief Research Associate of the Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Center for Social Development Problems of Europe

Yerlan Karin

Aide to the President of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Kazakhstan Council on Foreign Relations (CASMO)

Ara Karyan

Russian-Armenian University, associate professor, platform coordinator at the Institute of Oriental Studies, RAU

Hamid Karzai

Former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004-2014).

Vasily Kashin

Director at the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Oleg Kashirskih

Former Academic Head of the Educational Programme «Integrated Communications», Faculty of Communications, Media and Design, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Alexey Kasprzhak

Director, Artek International Children’s Center (2014-2018).

Viktor Katona

Senior Market Research Analyst, ADNOC Group

Mark N. Katz

Professor in the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, and a visiting scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

Alexandre Kaufmann

Alexandre Kaufmann, Agribusiness Investment Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO).

Adil Kaukenov

Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Central Asia, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics

Bilahari Kausikan

Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore.

Jennifer Kavanagh

Senior fellow & director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, USA

Nikolai Kaveshnikov

Head of the Department of Integration Processes at MGIMO University

Andrey Kazantsev

PhD, Dr.Sc., Chief Researcher of the Analytical Center of Institute for International Studies, MGIMO, Russia

Daria Kazarinova

Associate Professor (PhD) at the department of comparative politics of People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

Alisa Kazelko

Editor at the Foreign Policy Information Department of TASS

Zahir Kazmi

Arms Control Advisor at the Strategic Plans Division of Pakistan’s National Command Authority.

Atia Ali Kazmi

President, Global Peace Strategy Forum (GPSF), Islamabad, Pakistan

Alexej Kelin

Member of the Board, “Russian tradition” Society; member, editorial corporate staff, Russkoe Slovo journal; member, grant committee of the Czech Republic; member, NTS management committee; member of the Board, Czech/Moravian Slavonic association

Vitaliy Keondjan

Professor, Dr. Sci. in Physics and Mathematics, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and the New York Academy of Sciences

Nadjib Riphat Kesoema

Fellow of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia.

Damir Khairetdinov

Rector of Moscow Islamic University

Bijan Khajehpour

Managing partner at Eurasian Nexus Partners

Dareen Khalifa

Senior Analyst at the International Crisis Group working on security, conflict, politics, and governance in Syria.

Hamdan Khan

Research Officer at Strategic Vision Institute, Pakistan.

Kashif Hasan Khan

Head of the Economics Department and Dean of the Graduate School at Paragon International University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Muhammad Taimur Fahad Khan

Research Associate (Europe & Russia), Centre for Strategic Perspectives (CSP), Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI).

Zohreh Khanmohammadi

PhD candidate and Researcher of Russian Affairs, Tehran Institute

Akram Kharief

Chief editor, MENADEFENSE

Olga Kharina

Research Fellow at the School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics National Research University

Natalya Kharitonova

Professor at RANEPA, Chief Researcher at the Russian State University for the Humanities.

Elena Kharitonova

Senior Researcher, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexander Kharlamenko

Senior research fellow, Institute of Latin American Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ulugbek Khasanov

Former Aide to the President of Uzbekistan, Head of Regional Security & Conflicts Study Lab., University of World Economics & Diplomacy

Alexey Khlebnikov

Ph.D. in Political studies, Middle East expert and Russian foreign policy analyst, MA Global Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Anton Khlopkov

Director of the Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)

Alireza Khodagholipour

Deputy of Research Affairs of the Center for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

Maria Khodynskaya-Golenischeva

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

Khudoberdi Kholiknazar

Director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and China

Alexander Khramchikhin

Deputy Director, Institute for Political and Military Analysis

Konstantin Khudoley

Professor, Head of the Department of European Studies at the Faculty of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Davud Kiani

Deputy Head of the Institute for Iranian and Eurasian Studies (IRAS)

Dmitry Kiku

Deputy Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

Tomoo Kikuchi

Professor of Economics at Korea University

Ye Eun Kim

Asan Academy Fellow at Hudson Institute

Anna Kireeva

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies

Ksenia Kirkham

PhD (King’s College London), with four years of teaching experience in higher education (international economics and EU integration) and eight years as an analyst and manager in the oil & gas and transportation sectors

Denis Kiryukhin

Expert of the Kiev Centre of Political Studies and Conflictology

Matvey Kiselev

International lawyer, member of the "Digoria" Expert Club

Dmitry Kiselev

Director General, Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency

Valery Kistanov

D.Sc. in History and Ph.D. in Economics, is head of the Center for Japanese Studies at the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Václav Klaus

Václav Klaus is a Czech economist and politician who served as the second President of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013

Andrey Klepach

Chief Economist, VEB.RF

Vasily Klimov

Researcher, Center for International Security, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences

Andrey Klimov

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Co-chairman of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Alexander Knyazev

Leading Research Fellow, Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University

Ekaterina Knyazkina

Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kazushige Kobayashi

Associate Professor of Peace Studies at Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Mikhail Kochkin

Fellow at the Center of Oriental Studies, International Relations and Public Diplomacy, chairman of the student organization "Eurasian Turkish Club"

Bassma Kodmani

1958–2023
Co-founder, Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative

Michael Kofman

Expert, CNA Corporation

Yuri Kofner

Former Head, Eurasian sector, CCEIS, HSE

Alexey Kokorin

Director of the Climate and Energy programme of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Kirill Koktysh

Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor of the Department of Political Theory, MGIMO, MFA of Russia

Ekaterina Koldunova

Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies, Deputy Dean, School of Political Affairs, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University), the MFA of Russia

Tamara Kolesnikova

Junior Research Fellow, Center for Military-Political Analysis, USA

Irina Kolgushkina

Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Indian Ocean Region, IMEMO RAS

Yury Kolotaev

PhD in Political Science, Senior Lecturer, Department of European Studies, St. Petersburg State University

Vladimir Kolotov

Professor, Director of the Ho Chi Minh Institute at St. Petersburg State University, Head of the Department of History of the Far Eastern Countries at St. Petersburg State University

Vasily Koltashov

Head of New Society Institute

Mikhail Konarovsky

Senior fellow with the MGIMO University Institute for International Studies.

Alexander Kondakov

Researcher, Centre for Independent Social Research, Saint-Petersburg, Head of the Department for Work with Students, Saint-Petersburg Institute for International Economical Relations, Economics, and Law

Srikanth Kondapalli

Chairman and Professor in Chinese Studies at the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Natalia Kondratyeva

Candidate of Sciences (PhD); Associate Professor at the HSE University; Scientific Secretary and Leading Research Fellow, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexander Konkov

Head of the Division for International Peer Review at the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation and Visiting Lecturer at Moscow State University

Ivan Konovalov

Director of the Center for Strategic Trends Studies

Alexei Konovalov

Head of the World Ocean Center at the State Research Institution “Council for the Study of the Productive Forces” (SOPS), Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Section for Public–Private Partnership Issues at the Science-Expert Council of the Government’s Marine Board, Candidate of Sciences

Dimitrios Konstantakopoulos

Former adviser to the Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and former Member of Secretariat of the Central Committee of the SYRIZA Party.

Dmitry Konukhov

Research Associate of the Moscow-based Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS)

Valery Konyshev

Professor, Department of International Relations, School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University

Yevgeny Kopatko

Sociologist and Research&Branding Group cofounder

Daria Korchemnaya

Student, Faculty of International Relations, MGIMO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Evgeny Korendyasov

PhD, Head of Center for Russian-African Relations Studies at RAS Institute for African Studies

Irina Korgun

Senior Researcher, Acting Head, Center for Russian Strategy in Asia, Institute of Economics, RAS

Francis Kornegay

Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Dialogue, University of South Africa

Andrei Korobkov

Professor of political science at the Middle Tennessee State University

Alexander Korolev

Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.

Alexander Korolev

Deputy Director of the Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Elena Korotkova

Editor-in-Chief, Russia Media Centre, Kyrgyz Republic

Andrey Kortunov

Academic Director of the Russian International Affairs Council (2023–2025)

Andrew Korybko

A Moscow-based American political analyst specializing in the relationship between the US strategy in Afro-Eurasia, China's Belt & Road Initiative, and Hybrid Warfare

Grigory Kosach

Professor of the Chair of Modern East Department of History, Political Science and Law in RSUH

Konstantin Kosachev

Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

Pavel Koshkin

Senior Research Fellow at the Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies (ISKRAN)

Daniel Kosinski

Assistant Professor at Brazil Institute

Sergey Kostelyanets

Head of the Center for Sociological and Political Science of the Institute of African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ruslan Kostyuk

Professor at St. Petersburg State University, Doctor of Historical Sciences

Anicet Gabriel Kotchofa

Ambassador of the Republic of Benin to the Russian Federation and CIS Countries (2012 – 2016), High Commissioner of the EECO for International Relations - Deputy Secretary General of the EECO

Agrafena Kotova

Manager, Carbon Group, PAO Severstal

Tatyana Koval

Former Deputy Head of Ibero-American Department, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies of at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics

Anton Kozlov

Head of Foreign Projects and International Cooperation Department, JSC Russian Railways

Vadim Kozyulin

Chairman of the Council and Curator, Analytics Laboratory of Institute for Contemporary International Studies (ICIS) of Diplomatic Academy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation

Alexander Kramarenko

Minister-Counsellor at the Russian Embassy to the UK (2011-2017), member of Russian International Affairs Council, member of Council on Foreign and Defense Policy

Ilya Kramnik

RIAC expert

Sergey Krasilnikov

Vice President for International Cooperation, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Ivan Krastev

Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia

Meir Kraus

Director General, Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research

Sergey Kravchenko

Professor, Department of Sociology, MGIMO University

Oleg Krivolapov

PhD in Political Science; Head of the Department of Military-Political Research, Institute for US and Canadian Studies

Vladimir Kršljanin

Vice President of the International Slavic Academy of Sciences, Education, Arts and Culture; former High Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia

Reinhard Krumm

Head of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung‘s (organization designated as undesirable in Russia) office for the Baltic States of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)

Yury Krupnov

Head of the Development Movement and chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Institute for Demography, Migration and Regional Development

Marina Krynzhina

Associate Professor, Department of International Journalism, MGIMO University; Senior Researcher, FRC CSC RAS

Olga Kryshtanovskaya

Doctor of Social Science, Director General of the Institute of Applied Politics

Mikatekiso Kubayi

PhD, Senior Researcher, South African Research Chair on African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, University of Johannesburg

Andrew Kuchins

President, American University of Central Asia.

Ulrich Kühn

Head of the Research Area “Arms Control and Emerging Technologies” at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)

Nikita Kuklin

Expert, ASEAN Centre, Assistant Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO University

Nubara Kulieva

Junior Researcher, CCEIS, HSE

Lydia Kulik

Head of India Studies, SKOLKOVO School of Management; Senior Researcher, Center for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Yury Kulintsev

Candidate of Political Sciences; Leading Researcher at the Center for Global Politics and Strategic Analysis

Olga Kulkova

Research Fellow at the Centre for Studies of Russian-African Relations and Foreign policy of African countries, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Maj Vineet Kumar

Founder & Global President, CyberPeace

P.R. Kumaraswamy

Professor at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

Gürkan Kumbaroğlu

Professor, Boğaziçi University; President of Turkish Association of Energy Economics (TRAEE)

Li Kunlin

Postgraduate student at the East China Normal University

Charles Kupchan

Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University; Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Clifford Kupchan

Сhairman and Director of research, Eurasia Group

Nikita Kuprikov

Member of the Public Council under the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic

Alexei Kupriyanov

Head of Center of the Indo-Pacific Region, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO)

Ruslan Kurbanov

Director of the Altair Foundation for Support of Humanitarian Initiatives and senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies

Çağlar Kurç

Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Abdullah Gül University

Artyom Kureev

Former Expert of the Center for Economic and Socio-Cultural Development Studies of the CIS and Central Europe

Daniel Kurtzer

S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Konstantin Kurylev

Professor, Department of Theory and History of International Relations, PFUR, Director of Center for the Research of Post-Soviet Countries (CRPSC), editor-in-chief of the “Post-Soviet Studies” journal

Julia Kusznir

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Field of Energy and Environmental Politics, Jacobs University, Bremen, Associate researcher at Bremer Energie Institut, Germany

Yelena Kuzmina

PhD in Political Science, Sector Head, Center for Post-Soviet Studies at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexander Kuznetsov

Professor of the Department of Diplomacy at MGIMO, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (retired)

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Futurist, Co-founder of Digital Evolution Ventures, Evand Singularity University Ambassador

Aleksei Kuznetsov

Head of Research Department at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB)

Vasily Kuznetsov

Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences