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

Expert on international security issues at 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

Research Fellow at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

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

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

Associate Professor, 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

Oil Supply expert at MOL Group, RIAC expert

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

Chief Expert of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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

Trainee of the International Cooperation Department of the Country Analysis Department of the Central Bank

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.

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

An Algerian political journalist who focuses on defence and security issues in the North African region. He owns the online media outlet MENADEFENSE, which covers conflicts and defense aquisitions in the region.

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)

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

Junior 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

Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ekaterina Knyazkina

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

Kazushige Kobayashi

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva

Mikhail Kochkin

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

Bassma Kodmani

Bassma Kodmani is a co-founder of the Arab Reform Initiative and serves as its Executive Director since 2005

Michael Kofman

Senior Research Scientist at Center for Naval Analyses; Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington

Yuri Kofner

Head, Eurasian sector, CCEIS, HSE, Analytic, OECD-HSE Partnership Centre, Research assistant, IIASA, Editor-in-chief, analytical media "Eurasian Studies"

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

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

Yuri 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) in International Economics, Associate Professor at the Moscow-based Higher School of Economics

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,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

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.

Daniel Kosinski

Institutional Director of Instituto da Brasilidade. Researcher at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), International Political Economy Program (PEPI -UFRJ)

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

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

Head of the Center for Global Studies and International Relations of the IAMP of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the 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 - Managing Director of the Department of International Bilateral Cooperation of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Ivan Krastev

Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia

Meir Kraus

Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, previous director of the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research.

Sergey Kravchenko

Professor, Head of the Department of Sociology, MGIMO-University, Moscow, Russia, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, MFA of Russia; Main Researcher, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Science, Russia.

Oleg Krivolapov

PhD in Political Science, Senior Researcher, 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, High Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia

Reinhard Krumm

Head, Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (Vienna), Friedrich Ebert Foundation

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

Olga Kryshtanovskaya

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

Mikatekiso Kubayi

Researcher, Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA, Research Fellow: Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation, Doctoral Candidate, Political Studies, University of Johannesburg

Andrew Kuchins

President, American University of Central Asia.

Ulrich Kühn

Deputy Head, Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg and a Nonresident Scholar with the Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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

Yury Kulintsev

Deputy Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES) Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert

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 of Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey, Founding Director and Chairman of the Board of the Energy Policy Research Center at Boğaziçi University

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

Yossi Kuperwasser

Israeli brigadier general (Ret.), Director of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. Former head of the research division of the Israel Defense Forces’ military intelligence directorate and director-general of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs

Nikita Kuprikov

Chairman of the Technical Committee for standardization №187 (TC187) "Research in the Polar Regions" of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart)

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

Visiting research scholar at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies

Artyom Kureev

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

CEO of Orbita Capital Partners; Ambassador of the University of the Singularity

Aleksei Kuznetsov

Senior economist 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