| Dr. Evgeniy Abdullaev | | Head of International Cooperation Department, Uzbek National Human Rights Center (Tashkent) |
| Dr. Valery Alekseyev | | freelance international security expert |
| Prof. Dr. Eduard Batalov | | Leading Researcher, Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Alexander Buzgalin | | Professor of Economics, Moscow State University |
| Prof. Dr. Marat Cheshkov | | Leading Researcher, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Yuri Davydov | | Leading Researcher, Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Dr. Alexei Fenenko | | Researcher, Institute of International Security Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Mr. Pavel Gudev | | Junior Researcher, Institute of General History, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Dr. Filipp Kazin | | Director, Baltic Research Center, St. Petersburg |
| Dr. Alexander Kuteinikov | | Associate Professor, School of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University |
| Prof. Dr. Alexander Manykin | | Professor of History, Moscow State University |
| Ms. Natalia Mikhailichenko | | M.A. Candidate, School of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University |
| Dr. Leonid Mikhailov | | scholar-at-large |
| Dr. Victoria Panova | | Lecturer, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| Dr. Alexei Pilko | | Junior Researcher, Department of Modern and Contemporary History, School of History, Moscow State University |
| Prof. Dr. Tatiana Shakleina | | Head of Foreign Policy Studies Department, Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Dr. Eduard Soloviev | | Senior Researcher, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Dr. Ekaterina Stepanova | | Senior Researcher, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Victor Supyan | | Deputy Director, Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Prof. Dr. Anne de Tinguy | | Professor of Political Science and Senior Researcher, Center for International Studies, Institut dEtudes Politiques (Sciences Po), Sorbonne University, Paris |
| Prof. Dr. Valery Tishkov | | Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Director, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Dr. Mikhail Troitskiy | | Deputy Director, Academic Educational Forum on International Relations |
| Ms. Anna Zackharchenko | | Doctoral Candidate, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
| Ms. Yulia Zhushma | | M.A. Candidate, School of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University |