NEW US-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP

A mandate is being developed for a US-Russia working group to find opportunities or ways to rebuild fragile relations between the two nations. The working group’s mandate is still being worked out.

Russian Influencers

1. Pavel Andreev, Head of International Projects, RIA Novosti
2. Oleg Barabanov, Head, Department of EU Politics, European Studies Institute at MGIMO University; Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University—Higher School of Economics
3. Timofei Bordachev, Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University—Higher School of Economics; Director on Research, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
4. Elena Chernenko, Head, International Desk, Kommersant
5. Oleg Demidov, Consultant, PIR-Center
6. Alexey Fenenko, Leading Research Fellow, Institute of International Security Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
7. Alexandr Gabuev, Senior Associate and Chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program, Carnegie Moscow Center
8. Vitaly Kabernik, Senior Expert, MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies; Working Group on Cybersecurity Member, PIR-Center
9. Sergei Karaganov, Dean, School of International Economics and Foreign Affairs, HSE; Honorary Chairman of the Presidium, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
10. Vasiliy Kashin, Research Fellow, Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
11. Ekaterina Koldunova, Deputy Dean, School of Political Affairs and Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies, MGIMO
12. Valery Konyshev, Professor, Department of the Theory and History of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University
13. Vasiliy Kuznetsov, Assistant Professor, Moscow State University; Director, Center for Political Systems and Cultures
14. Fyodor Lukyanov, Editor-in-Chief, Russia in Global Affairs; Chairman of the Presidium, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (CFDP)
15. Boris Mezhuev, Associate Professor, Moscow State University; Co-Editor, Terra America portal
16. Gevorg Mirzayan, Research Fellow, Institute for the USA and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Science
17. Tatiana Mitrova, Head, Center for International Energy Markets Studies, Energy Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
18. Yulia Nikitina, Research Fellow, Center for Post‐Soviet Studies, MGIMO
19. Marsel Salikhov, Head of Economic Research, Institute for Energy and Finance
20. Natalia Stapran, Associated Professor, Department of Oriental Studies, MGIMO
21. Andrey Sushentsov, Associate Professor, Applied Analyses of International Problems Department, MGIMO
22. Dmitry Suslov, Deputy Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, HSE; Deputy Director of Research Programs, Council on Foreign and Defense Policy
23. Mikhail Troitskiy, Associate Professor of International Relations and Russian Foreign Policy, MGIMO
24. Sergey Veselovsky, Associate Professor, World Politics Department, MGIMO
25. Igor Zevelev, Director, Moscow Office, MacArthur Foundation