- G. Matthew Bonham, Professor Emeritus (Political Science), Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA;
e-mail: gmbonham@maxwell.syr.edu - Irina Busygina, Cand. of Sci. (Economics), Dr. of Sci. (Political Science), Professor, Department of Applied Politics, Saint-Petersburg Brunch of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics” and Center of Global Policy of the Freie Universität Berlin;
- Björn Wittrock, researcher of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) and Uppsala University; a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and of Academia Europae;
e-mail: Bjorn.Wittrock@swedishcollegium.se - Nikolai Gribin, Cand. of Science (History), Dr. of Sci. (Law), Professor, Head of the Center of North European and Baltic Research, IIS;
- Vladimir Degoyev, Dr. of Science (History), Professor, Department of International relations and Foreign Policy of Russia, Director of the Center of Caucasian Problems and Regional Security, IIS;
- Andrei Kazantsev, Dr. of Sci. (Political Science), Director of the Center of Central Asia and Afghanistan Studies, IIS;
- Sanat Kushkumbayev, Dr. of Science (Political Science), Professor at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Deputy Director of Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies; e-mail: office@kisi.kz
- Alexander Lukin , Dr. of Science (History), PhD (Political Science – Oxford University), Director of the Center for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies, IIS;
- Vadim Mukhanov, Cand. of Sci. (History), Senior Researcher, Center for Caucasian Studies and Regional Security, IIS;
- Alexander Nikitin, Dr. of Sci. (Political Science), Professor, Department of Political Theory, Director, Center for Euro-Atlantic Security, IIS;
- Karlygash Nugmanova, Dr. of Science (Political Science), Professor at Kazakh Institute of Economics, Finances and International Trade (Astana); Director, Association of Political Studies; e-mail: r_api@mail.ru
- Lyudmila Okuneva, Dr. of Sci. (History), Professor, Department of European and American Studies; Director, Center for BRICS Studies, IIS;
- Pavel Parshin, Cand. of Sci. (Linguistics), Associate Professor (Docent), Leading Research Fellow, Center for Global Studies, IIS, Associate Professor, Department of General and Comparative Linguistics, Moscow State Linguistic University;
- Victor Sergeyev, Cand. of Sci. (Physics and Mathematics), Dr. of Sci. (History), Professor, Director, Center for Global Studies, IIS;
- Pedro María (Kepa) Sodupe Corcuera – Professor of International Relations / Catedrático de Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad del País Vasco (España); e-mail: kepa.sodupe@ehu.es
- Andrey Sushentsov, Institute for International Studies (IIS), Director; Laboratory of International Trends Analysis, Director; Department of Applied International Analysis, Associate Professor; MGIMO-University;
- Andrei Fedorchenko, Dr. of Sci. (Economics), Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, IIS;
- Stanislav Chernyavskiy, Dr. of Sci., Professor, Department of World Politics, Director, Center of Post-Soviet Studies, IIS;
- Alexander Chechevishnikov, Cand. of Sci. (History), Associate Professor (Docent), Vice-Director, Institute of International Studies.