International Editorial Team
Rashid Alimov is a Professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Taihe Institute, Doctor of Political Sciences, and a member of the Valdai Discussion Club.
Over the years, he has held key national and international positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan (1992–1994), Permanent Representative of Tajikistan to the United Nations (1994–2005), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to the People’s Republic of China (2005–2015), and Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2016–2018).
Rashid Alimov is the author of a number of books and analytical works on international relations and the activities of the SCO, including studies devoted to the formation and development of the organization and Eurasian diplomacy.
Abdulhaleq Abdulla (United Arab Emirates) is a Doctor of Political Science and a visiting senior fellow at Harvard University.
His research interests include international relations, political change in the Gulf region, and the Arab world.
He is the author of The Gulf Moment in Contemporary Arab History and has published over 50 academic papers.
Karine Shagidanova (Republic of Armenia) – PhD in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Senior Researcher at the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. He is the author of two monographs, more than sixty scientific articles and manuals on the history of Armenian diplomacy.
Area of scientific interests – Armenian-Russian cooperation in the 17th – 20th centuries.
Fan Ye (People's Republic of China) – PhD in Historical Sciences, leading researcher, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Marxism at Peking University, leading researcher at the Center for the Study of the History of the Communist Party of China, member of the Board of the All-China Association for the Study of Leninist Ideas, member of the Board of the Association for the Study of Heritage Li Dazhao.
Research interests: history of the USSR, history of the Chinese Communist Party, history of Soviet-Chinese relations.
Author of the monograph «The Forge of Marshals and revolutionaries: the training of military and political personnel for China in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s.»
Marc Rousset (French Republic) – Doctor of Economics, MBA from Columbia University, AMP Harvard Business School.
For 20 years he has worked in the largest multinational companies Aventis, Veolia, Carrefour.
Writer, columnist for the Internet portals Boulevard Voltaire and Ripostlaic.
Author of books: «The New Europe of Charlemagne», «The Euro-Ricans», «The New Europe of Paris – Berlin – Moscow», «How to save France. For the Europe of Nations with Russia», «Our false friend America. For an alliance with Russia» and others.
Heikki Lahelma (Republic of Finland) is the founder of the World of Exhibitions company, the organizer of art and scientific and technical exhibitions in the Soviet Union, Russia and in European countries. Collaborates with major museums in Russia, Germany, Finland, Austria, Great Britain, France and Sweden.
Author of the book «Russian Rhapsody by Heikki Lahelma» (co-authored with Erya Pusa).
Michiya Ishii (State of Japan) is an international journalist, publicist, PhD candidate at MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Research interests: international relations, foreign policy of the Russian Federation, Russian-Western relations in the post-Soviet space, foreign policy narrative of the Russian Federation.
Petr Ilyinskii (United States of America/Russian Federation) holds a PhD in Biology, he is also a poet, writer, publicist, popularizer of historical science, scientific and literary editor and translator.
He has worked at Harvard Medical School for nearly a decade, has taught at Boston University and spent the last 25 years developing novel drugs in biotechnology sector.
He is the author of many books of fiction and non-fiction, including «The Long Moment of Birth», «The Legend of Babylon», «At the Very Edge of the Forest» and others.
Oziel Alves (Federal Republic of Brazil) is a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS).
His research interests include political communications, international institutional and state relations.
Sergey Demensky (Russian Federation) is a publicist, political scientist, philosopher, PhD.
His research interests include social myth–making.
Author of books «Social myth-making», «Metaphilosophical Notebook», etc.
Media Manager, CEO Eurasian Media Group; Member of the Board of Directors of the International Network TV BRICS.
Ravdangiyn Bold (Mongolia) Statesman, diplomat, PhD, Doctor of Historical Sciences. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the United States of America (2003-2007). Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Australian Union (2012-2015). Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the Republic of Turkey (2017-2021).
Research interests – international relations. Author of monographs «Limited Warfare: a military and diplomatic history of the battle of the Khalkhin Gol River» and «Independence and recognition. Mongolia in the triangle of interests: USA–Russia–China, 1910-1973».
Richard Sakwa (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) is a British political scientist and educator, publicist, and specialist in the study of political processes taking place in Russia.
Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Kent (UK). Senior Researcher at the Higher School of Economics since 2018. Professor of the Faculty of Political Science at Moscow State University. Member of the Valdai International Discussion Club.