Andrey Baykov is an Associate Professor of International Affairs and Vice-President for Research at MGIMO University, as well as a non-resident Professor at Henley Business School (UK). Dr. Baykov is also the editor of the International Trends, a leading Russian IR theory journal. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 articles in refereed journals, four monographs, and over 10 textbooks for undergraduate and graduate students reading International Politics.
Tatiana Shakleina is a well-known specialist in international studies, American and Russian foreign policy, and Russian-American relations. For a long time she worked in a prestigious and well-known think-tank — the Institute of the USA and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, where she was the Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Studies.