REPORTS 2019. “Global Development: Challenges of Predictability and Manageability”

M. ABDOLLAHI, Lecturer at the Allameh Tabataba’i University (Tehran, Iran), Cand. (Sc. Philology). Member of the Academic Council of the University. Author of a number of academic papers and publications, including “Motivation of Students Learning Russian at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad”, “The Role of Language in Developing Public Diplomacy (Studying the Role of the Russian Language in the Bilateral Relations of Iran and Russia)”, “The Role of the Russian and Persian Languages in Formation of Views About the Other Country of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran Citizens”, “Numbers as Symbols of the Cultural Code in Shahnameh and the Ossetian Epos”, “The Caucasus in Iranian Historical Guidebooks”, “Problems of Persianspeaking Students in Mastering Oral Speech”, “Stages of Working with Video Materials in the Process of Teaching Foreign Languages”, etc. Expert at the North Caucasus Non-Governmental Academic Organization “Razvitiye” (Development).
IMAGES Of RUSSIA AND IRAN IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA SPACE

I. О. ABRAMOVA, Director of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, member of the Presidium of the RAS, corresponding member of the RAS, professor of the Department of African Studies and Arab Studies of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, leading researcher of the St. Petersburg State University, Dr. Sc. (Economics). Author of more than 250 scientific publications, including 11 monographs: “The New Role of Africa in the World Economy of the 21st Century”, “Islam, Global Governance and the New World Order” (co-authored), “Arab City at the Turn of the Millennium, Emerging and Failed States in the World Economy and Politics” (co-authored), “African Migration: Experience of Systemic Analysis, African Population in the New Global Economy”, and others. Member of the editorial boards of the scientific journals Asia and Africa Today, Scientific Notes of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Conflictology, and Contours of Global Transformation.
FIGHTING FOR AFRICA AT A GEOSTRATEGIC LEVEL

E. AGAZZI, Professor of the University of Genoa (Italy), PhD.
THE RIDDLE OF PREDICTABILITY

A. A. AKAYEV, President of the Kyrgyz Republic (1990–2005), foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Engineering), Professor of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
THE WORLD OF CIVILIZATIONS – 2100. SIX POSTULATES OF PREDICTABILITY AND MANAGEABILITY

SH. AZIZ, Prime Minister (2004–2007), Finance Minister (1999–2004) of Pakistan. Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University, doctor of Business Administration. Author of a number of scientific and publicistic works, among them: “From Banking to the Thorny World of Politics”, “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests”, and others. He was named “Finance Minister of the year” for 2001 by both Euromoney and The Banker magazines. Honorary Doctor of Laws at The Institute of Business Administration, University of Karachi (Pakistan). Mr. Aziz was awarded Global Leadership in Islamic Finance Laureate.
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: CHALLENGES OF PREDICTABILITY AND MANAGEABILITY

E. BAĞIŞ, Minister of European Union Affairs of Turkey (2009–2013), member of the Turkish Parliament representing Istanbul (2002–2015). Author of many academic papers published in journals and numerous articles in national and foreign newspapers as an international strategic thinker and consultant. Chairman of the “Occidental Studies Centre & Western Platform” at the Istanbul Aydin University, member of the Board of Trustees at Istanbul Ticaret University.
GLOBAL DILEMMAS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF EURASIA, FROM A TURKISH PERSPECTIVE

A. BEBLER, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), doctor of political sciences
ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS

N. S. BONDAR, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (2000–2020). Head of the Judicial Law Center of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Head of the Department of Constitutionalism of the Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don), Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 300 scientific publications, including monographs and textbooks: “Power and Freedom on the Scales of Constitutional Justice”, “Judicial Constitutionalism: Doctrine and Practice”, “Economic Constitutionalism in Russia: Essays on Theory and Practice”, “Local Self-Government and Constitutional Justice”, “Constitutional Modernization of Russian Statehood: In Light of Constitutional Justice Practice”, “Russian Legal Education as Constitutional Value: National Traditions and Cosmopolitan Illusions”, “Justice: Focus on the Constitution” (co-authored), and others. Member of the editorial boards of ten scientific journals: “Constitutional and Municipal Law”, “Journal of Constitutional Justice”, “Lexrussica” and others. Awarded the Order of Honor, Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland II degree, Letter of Commendation from the President of the Russian Federation, etc. Recipient of the National Award in Law Literature for his monograph “Judicial Constitutionalism: Doctrine and Practice” (2018).
CHALLENGES FOR CONTEMPORARY CONSTITUTIONALISM: GLOBALIZATION OR SOVEREIGNIZATION?

P. BÜLBÜLOĞLU, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation, Dr. Sc. (Art History), Professor, Azerbaijan SSR National Artist, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Dagestan. Composer, singer, actor. Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan (1988–2006). Author of the book “Cultural Policy in Azerbaijan” (co-authored) and other publications. Professor Emeritus of A. Huseinzadeh Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, full member of the Europe-Asia International Humanitarian Academy. Awarded the Honorary Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation, the Orders of Friendship and Honor (Russia), Independence and Honor (Azerbaijan), Honor (Georgia), and received many other foreign awards.
THE MAINSTAYS OF THE MULTICULTURAL STATE POLICY OF AZERBAIJAN

V. A. CHERESHNEV, Chief Researcher at the Institute for Immunology and Physiology (the Urals Branch of the RAS), member of the Presidium of the Urals Branch of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Medicine), Professor. Author more than 900 scholarly publications, including 68 monographs: “Immuno-physiology”, “Alpha Fetoprotein”, “Immunologic and Genetic Factors of Reproduction Function Disturbance”, “Biological Laws and Human Viability. Method of Multi¬Functional Regeneration Biotherapy”, “Physiological and Hygienic Concept of Speleoand Co¬Treatment”, “Influence of drug addiction on social and economic development of society”, “Social and Demographic Safety of Russia”, “Demographic Policy of the Country and Health of the Nation” “Introduction to the problems of modeling and managing the dynamics of HIV infection” and others; 2 manuals for studying combined radiation damages and 1 for clinical immunology; 14 textbooks, 11 manuals, 8 methodical recommendations, 5 courses of lectures for higher educational establishments, 42 patents and 2 discoveries. President of the Russian Academic Society of Immunologists. Chief editor of the “Russian Journal of Immunology”, “Bulletin of Ural Medical Academic Science”. He is decorated with the Order of Friendship, the Order for Services to the Fatherland of the 3rd and 4th degree. He is a Laureate of the Government Award of the Russian Federation in science and technology (2006) and the award of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of education (2012). Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
V. N. RASTORGUEV, Professor of the Chair of Philosophy of Politics and Law at Lomonosov Moscow University, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Honorary Higher Professional Education Lecturer of the Russian Federation. Class 3 State Advisor. Author of more than 400 scholarly publications, including 26 monographs and text¬books: “Unity and continuity of consciousness”, “Conceptual research: tradition, innovation, responsibility”, “Creativity and dogmatism”, “The Nature of Self¬Identification: Russian Culture, Slavonic World and Strategy of Continuing Education”; “The World’s Wells: Russia’s Environmental Doctrine: from Plans to Pilot Projects”; “Philosophy and Methodology of Political Planning” and others. Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of the RAS for the study and preservation of cultural and natural heritage. He is recipient of the UN Avicenna Award and Unity Award. He was awarded the Russian Federation Governmental Prize in science and technology.
PREDICTABLE UNPREDICTABILITY IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT: SOLIDARITY CRISIS AND NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR PROGNOSES

B. DESGARDINS, General Manager of Banque “Eric Sturdza SA” (Geneva, Switzerland). Author of a variety of scientific works, including “New International Eco¬nomic Environment”, “Globalization Strategies”, “Phenomenon of the Swiss Banking System: Historical Facts and Current Trends” and other works on banking.
THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IN THE FACE OF CHINESE IMPERIALISM. WHAT CONSEQUENCES FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS?

P. DUTKIEWICZ, Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Center for Governance and Public Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada
CHAOS, FEAR AND HEGEMONY – NEW AND OLD IN INTERNATIONAL ORDER

L. L. FITUNI , Deputy Director of the Institute for African Studies of the RAS, Head of the Center for Global and Strategic Studies of the Institute, corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor. Member of the scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 280 scientific publications, including: “Islam, Global Governance and the New World Order” (co-authored), “Africa and Russia’s National Interests” (co-authored), “Africa: Resource Wars of the 21st Century”, “The Economics of International Terrorism”, “International Capital Flows in a Globalized World, Financial Monitoring” (textbook), “Shadow Circulation and Capital Flight”, “Will We Overcome Hunger? Key Problem of the Developing Countries”, etc. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Scientific Notes of the Institute for African Studies and of the Global and Strategic Studies series. Member of the editorial boards of the journals Asia and Africa Today, Journal of Financial Crime, Journal of Money Laundering Control, etc. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Fund’s Expert Council on Global Issues and International Relations. President of the Moscow Independent Documentation Center for Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law.
ASYMMETRICAL APPROACHES TO EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL ELITES IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY

J. K. GALBRAITH, professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas (Austin, USA), Visiting Professor at the General Economic Theory Chair of the Moscow School of Economics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University
WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT? A GALBRAITHIAN VIEW

S. YU. GLAZYEV, Minister for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Academician of the RAS, Head of the Department of Theory and Methodology of State and Municipal Management at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor. Author of more than 300 scientific publications, including books: “The Theory of Long-Term Techno-Economic Development”, “Strategy of Advanced Development of Russia in the Global Crisis”, “Lessons of Yet Another Russian Revolution: Liberal Utopia Collapse and the Chance for an ‘Economic Miracle’”, “The Ukrainian Disaster. From American Aggression to World War?”, “The Future Economy”, “The Last World War. The U.S. Starts and Loses”, “The Battle for Leadership in the 21st Century. Russia – U.S. – China. Seven Options for a Foreseeable Future”, “The Leap to the Future: Russia in New Technological and World Economic Patterns”, “Beyond the Horizon of the End of History”, and others. Deputy of the State Duma of the first, third and fourth convocations. Awarded the Order of Friendship, the Medal “In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, the Medal of the Security Council of the Russian Federation for Merits in Ensuring National Security, the Jubilee Medal of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, a Commendation from the President of the Russian Federation.
THE FUTURE WORLD ORDER OUT OF TODAY’S CHAOS

AL. A. GROMYKO, Director of the Institute of Europe of the RAS, Corresponding Member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Political Studies), Professor of the RAS. Author of more than 250 scientific publications, including monographs: “Political Reformism in Britain. 1970–1990s”, “Modernization of the British Party System”, “Images of Russia and Britain: Reality and Prejudice”, “Building Good Neighbor Relationship. Russia in the Space of Europe” (co-authored), “Better Ten Years of Negotiations Than One Day of War. Memories of Andrey Andreyevich Gromyko” (author and compiler), “Europe in the 21st Century: New Challenges and Risks” (editor and co-author), “Concerning Topical Issues. Europe and the Modern World”, etc. Editor-in-Chief of “Contemporary Europe” journal, Editor-in-Chief of “Social Sciences and Modernity” journal. President of the Association of European Studies of Russia. Chairman of A. A. Gromyko Association for Foreign Policy Studies. Member of the bureau of the Department of Global Problems and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Member of the Scientific Council under the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian International Affairs Council. Head of the Department of History and Theory of International Relations at N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod. Honorary Doctor of Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar” (Bulgaria), and Voronezh State University. Recipient of the Prize of the Foundation for the Promotion of National Science (2004, 2006).
MILITARY EVOLUTION IN EUROPE. RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUSSIA

J. R. GROTE, chief Researcher and Topic Leader at the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (Berlin), PhD
TRADE UNIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS. CHANCES AND OBSTACLES FOR ALLIANCE BUILDING AND COOPERATION

A. A. GUSEINOV, Director of the Institute of Philosophy of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor. Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including books: “Ethics and Culture”, “Philosophy – Thought and Action”, “Antique Ethics”, “The Golden Rule of Morality”, “Great Prophets and Thinkers. Moral Teachings from Moses to Our Days”, “Culturalism by Dmitry Likhachov” (co-authored), etc. Editor-in-Chief of the journals “Ethical Thought”, “Social Sciences”, member of the editorial boards of the journals “Bulletin of the RAN”, “Philosophical Journal”, “Issues of Philosophy”, and “Philosophical Sciences”. Vice-President of the Russian Philosophical Society. Recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE

G. A. HAJIYEV, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 270 scientific works, including monographs and textbooks: “The Protection of Basic Economic Rights and Freedoms of Entrepreneurs Abroad and in the Russian Federation: the Experience of Comparative Analysis”, “Entre-preneur – Taxpayer – State: Legal Positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation”, “Constitutional Principles of Market Economy”, “Constitutional Economics”, “Ontology of Law (Critical Study of Legal Concept of Reality)”, “Russian Judicial Power: the Modernity and Prospects” (co-authored), “Law and Economics (Methodology)” and others. Member of editorial boards of 12 scientific journals. Member of the Presidential Council for the Codification and Improvement of Civil Legislation. Awarded a Diploma of Merit of the President of the Russian Federation. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS.
HAMLET’S PROPHESY, KANT’S PROJECT FOR PERPETUAL PEACE AND THE MAIN MYSTERY OF WORLD HISTORY

V. INGIMUNDARSON, Professor of Contemporary History of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Iceland (Reykjavik), Ph.D
THE “POPULIST MOMENT” AND THE LIBERAL (DIS-) ORDER

Т. YA. KHABRIEVA, Director of the Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation, Academician of the RAS, Deputy President of the RAS, Academician-Secretary of the Department of Social Sciences of the RAS, Professor at the Department of Constitutional Law at MGIMO (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Dr. Sc. (Law), Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 400 scientific publications in Russian, English, French, German, Farsi and other languages, including monographs: “Constitutional Reform in the Modern World”, “Venice Commission as a Subject of Legal Interpretation”, “Interpretation of the Constitution of the Russian Federation: Theory and Practice”, “National and Cultural Autonomy in the Russian Federation”, “Modern Problems of Ethnic Self-Determination”, “Migration Law: A Comparative Legal Study”, “The Theory of the Modern Constitution” (co-authored), “ASEAN as a Driver of Regional Integration in Asia” (co-authored), etc. Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Russian Law”, “Journal of Foreign Law and Comparative Law”, member of the editorial boards of the “State and Law” and “Constitutional and Municipal Law” journals. Full member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. Member of the Presidential Council for Countering Corruption; the Presidential Commissions on Civil Service and Administrative Talent Pool and on State Awards; the Russian Government Commission on Legislative Activity; the Government Commission on Administrative Reform, etc. Deputy Chairman of the International Union of Lawyers, member of the Presidium of the Association of Lawyers of Russia. Awarded the Order of Honor, Order of Friendship, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV, III, and II degrees, Decoration “For Beneficence”, etc. Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS, Honorary Professor of the Institute of Law and Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary Professor of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, Honorary Doctor of Saint Petersburg State University, Honorary Professor of Kazan Federal University (Volga Region), Honorary Professor of the Kutafin Moscow State Law Academy.
TECHNOLOGICAL PLOTS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE FOCUS OF LEGAL DOCTRINE

G. B. KLEINER, Deputy Director of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chair of the System Analysis in Economics at the University of Finance under the Government of the Russian Federation, scientific adviser of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Dubna University, corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor
FORECASTABILITY, PREDICTABILITY, MANAGEABILITY OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE

G. W. KOLODKO, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland (1994–1997, 2002–2003), Director of the Research Institute at the Kozminski University (War saw), foreign member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor
ECONOMY AND SECURITY, OR COLD WAR TWO

A. D. KOROL , Rector of the Belarusian State University, Dr. Sc. (Pedagogy), Professor
THE PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGE OF THE EAST AND WEST DIALOGUE: SILENCE IN TEACHING

H. KÖCHLER, President of the International Progress Organization (Vienna, Austria), Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck, former Chairman of the Institute of Philosophy, Ph. D. Author of 40 scientific publications, including: “Phenomenological Realism: Selected Essays”, “Democracy and International Legal State. Proposals for an Alternative World Order”, “The Concept of Humanitarian Intervention in the Context of Contemporary Political Power”, “Global Justice or Global Revenge? International Criminal Law at a Crossroads”, “Muslim–Christian Ties in Europe. Past, Present, Future”, “Security Council as Performer of Justice?”, “World Order: Vision and Reality”, and others. Awarded the Medal of Honor of the Austrian Higher Education Society, the Medal of Honor of the International Peace Bureau (Geneva, Switzerland), the Great Medal of David the Invincible of the Armenian Academy of Philosophy, etc. Honorary doctor of the Mindanao State University (Philippines) and the Armenian State Pedagogical University. Professor Emeritus of Pamukkale University (Turkey). Member of the Advisory Board of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, Germany).
GEOPOLITICS AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. The Risks of Unilateralism in the Emerging Multipolar Order

А. М. KRAMARENKO, Director of Development of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation
POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY AT THE CONTEMPORARY STAGE OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT: LONG PARTING WITH THE 20TH CENTURY

А. V. KUZNETSOV, director of the Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, deputy director for Research of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the RAS (2013–2019), corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Economics), Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
TNC – INTERNATIONAL ROLE’S STRENGTHENING OR ADDED COMPLEXITY OF ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS?

V. A. LEKTORSKY, Chief Researcher of the Theory of Knowledge Department, Institute of Philosophy of the RAS, academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor
DIGITALIZATION OF LIFE AS A GLOBAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL CHALLENGE

A. LIKHANOV, Writer, Chairman of the Russian Children Foundation, Director of the Research Institute for Childhood of the Russian Children Foundation, President of the International Association of Children Funds, academician of the Russian Academy of Education. Author of literary, popular works and fiction, including: “Clean Stones”, “Deception”, “The Maze” (the trilogy of “Family Circumstances”), “Good Intentions”, “Golgotha”, “Innocent Secrets”, “Capital Punishment”, “Spring Flood”, “Nobody”, “A Broken Doll”, “Russian Boys”, “School for Men”, “Juveniles”, “Pre¬Childhood”, “Compassionate Mood” and others. A. A. Likhanov is decorated with the Order of the Labour Red Banner, the Order of Badge of Honour, the Order for Services to the Fatherland of the 4th and the 3rd degree and orders and medals of Bulgaria, Georgia, the Ukraine, Byelorussia and Armenia. He is the recipient of Leninist Komsomol Prize, the Russian Federation Presidential Prize in education, and the Russian Federation Governmental Prize in culture. Doctor honoris causa of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Doctor honoris causa of SPbUHSS.
THE HOUSE WITH NO FOUNDATION?

A. G. LISITSYN-SVETLANOV, Chief Researcher of the Institute of State and Law of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor. Author of more than 150 scientific publications, including: “National Law in The Context of Globalization”, “Modern Global Challenges and National Interests”, “Culture as a Factor Influencing the Development of International Law”, “Legal Culture and Legal Nihilism: Characteristics, Assessments, Problems”, “National and International Legal Order In the Context of Geopolitical Situation”, “White Spots in Modern International Law”, “The Role of Private International Law in the Interaction of National Legal Systems”, “Legal Immunities from ‘Colored Revolutions’”, “Dispute Resolution Procedure in Connection with the Protection and Transfer of Rights to Inventions, Know-How and Trademarks”, “Arbitration in Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation”, “Legal Issues of Scientific, Technological and Industrial Cooperation”, “Private International Law: Current Problems” (co-authored), “Legal Regulation of Foreign Investments in Russia”, “International Civil Procedure: Current Trends”, “Human Rights and Modern State Legal Development”, “New Challenges and International Law”, “The Role of Law in Russia’s Economic Modernization (Case Study in the Oil and Gas Sector)”, and others. Member of the editorial boards of the journals “State and Law” and “Proceedings of the Institute of State and Law” of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Member of the Bureau of the Department of Social Sciences of the RAS. Awarded the Orders of Friendship, Leopold II (Belgium), and St. Sergius of Radonezh.
STATE LAW POLICY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

J. A. MARCH, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to the Russian Federation (2008–2011). In 1989–1993 he worked as a permanent Representative of the European Commission under the Committee on support of the Organization for cooperation and economic development. He served as a Director General of the Institute of Ibero-American Cooperation of Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, an adviser of the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom (1996–2001) and Mexico (2001–2004). He was an Ambassador – a Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva (2004–2008). He is an author of the book “Wait for me in Havana”, “Key Strategic Issues in Global World”, a series of publications about problems of contemporary international relations, including: “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests. A World between Conflict and Creativity”, “The World is no Longer the Same: the Big Changes Ahead”, “The Challenge of the Persistence of Different Stages of Competitiveness in the Process of Globalization”, etc.
VECTORS OF CHANGES AND THE FUTURE OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

A. P. MARKOV, Professor of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Cultural Studies), Dr. Sc. (Pedagogical Studies), Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. Author of more than 170 scientific publications, including: “The Entropy of Freedom as a Global Problem of European Culture”, “‘Cultural Regression’ as a Result of Neoliberal Reforms in Post-Soviet Russia”, “Information Wars of the Post-Industrial World as a Factor in Geopolitical Competition”, “Western Civilization of the Postmodern Age: Symptoms of Decline, an Alternative Project for the Future”, and others. Professor Emeritus of SPbUHSS.
THE POSTMODERN ERA: CULTURAL REGRESSION PROJECT

G. METTAN, President of the United Chamber of Industry and Commerce “Switzerland – Russia and CIS States”, Executive Director of the Swiss Press Club (Geneva). Member of the Grand Council (Parliament) of the Canton of Geneva. Author of number of books on socio-political topics and international relations, including: “The West vs Russia: A Thousand Year Long War”, “A View from the West: Russophobia from Charlemagne to the Last Olympic Games in Rio”, etc.
WELCOME BACK TO 19th CENTURY! WORLD CHALLENGES AND THE COMEBACK OF THE IMPERIAL POWERS RIVALRIES IN A POST-WESTERN ERA

V. V. MIRONOV, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, Head of the Department of Ontology and Theory of Knowledge of Lomonosov Moscow State University, corresponding member of the RAS, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation
WOULD THE "DIGITAL CAVE" BE A POSSIBLE VECTOR OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT?

M. A. MORATINOS CUYAUBE, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. Diplomat, lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain (2004–2010), Dr. Author of a number of publications, including: “Crisis in the Middle East”, “The World in the Era of Sustainable Development”, “Contemporary Global Challenges and National Interests”, and others. He was awarded with the orders of the Serbian flag of the 1st degree (Serbia), of the Cross of Terra Mariana of the 1st class (Estonia), Royal order of Charles III (Spain). Grand Officer of the order of the Three Stars (Latvia), Knight of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight of the Order of Civil Merit etc. Honorary Doctor of the universities of Granada, Malta, Ben¬Gurion and Al¬Quds. Doctor honoris causa of SPbUHSS.
THE ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS – AN INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT HUMAN FRATERNITY

R. I. NIGMATULIN, Scientific supervisor at P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the RAS, member of the Presidium of the RAS, Academician of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Professor. Author of more than 200 scientific publications, including monographs: “Fundamentals of Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media”, “Dynamics of Multiphase Media”, “Continuum Mechanics”, “How to Equip the Economy and Power of Russia: Analysis from the Engineer and Mathematician”, “The Crisis and Modernization of Russia – 13 Theorems”, “4E of our Life – Ecology, Energy, Economics, Ethnicity”, etc. Has 21 certificates of authorship for inventions. Member of the Russian National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Member of editorial boards of leading international journals in mechanics and thermophysics. Recipient of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, the USSR State Prize, and the Russian Government’s prizes in science and technology. Awarded Gold Medal of VDNH USSR, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan For Achievements in Science, the Order of Honor, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV degree, etc.
RUSSIA’S DEVELOPMENT – CHALLENGES OF PREDICTABILITY AND MANAGEABILITY

R. O’BRIEN, professor of Political Science at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada)
SOUTHERN DILEMMAS: DEFENDING WORKERS RIGHTS IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT

V. PRODANOV, Director of the Thracian Scientific Institute, Professor of the Department of Political Economy of the University of National and World Economy (Sofia), corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy). Principal Secretary of the Bulgarian Philosophical Society (1978–1989), Director of the Institute of Philosophical Sciences (1988–1992) and the Institute of Philosophical Research of the BAS (1995–2010). Author of more than 500 scientific publications, including 22 monographs: “Cognition and values”, “Biosocial values”, “Bioethics”, “Civil society and global capitalism”, “Global changes and the destiny of Bulgaria”, “Violence in the modern era”, “The future of philosophy”, “Sociology of philosophy”, “The theory of Bulgarian transition”, “System cycles and future of history: Where is the world heading”, etc. Member of the editorial boards of a num¬ber of scientific journals. Public intellectual and author of hundreds of papers in mass media.
THE GLOBAL SYSTEM’S CRISIS AND FORECASTS FOR ITS PROSPECTS

H. M. REZNIK, Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers, candidate of sciences (Law), Honoured Lawyer of Russia
JOURNALISM IN THE WORLD OF "POST-TRUTH"

M. SANAEI, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Ph. D. in Political Sciences. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation (2013–2019), head of the Iranian Centre for Russia Studies at Tehran University (2005–2013), a member of Majlis of the Islamic Council (2008–2013). Author of books “On the Great Silk Road”, “Law and Politics in Islam” (textbook), “Relations Between Iran and Russia” (co-authored), “Revival of the Iranian-Islamic Civilization”, “Relations between Iran and Central Asia”, “Conversations about the Future That Isn’t There Yet” (co-authored), and of research articles. Advisor to the Rector of the University of Tehran on Russia and Eurasia. Honorary member of the Union of Writers of Russia.
GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND WAYS TO OVERCOME THEM

J. A. SCHOLTE, Professor of the Peace and Development Department at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
LEGITIMACY IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE – A CORNERSTONE FOR MANAGEABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

M. V. SHMAKOV, Member of the State Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, Chairman of the Trustee Counsil of SPbUHSS. Author of a number of publications on social and labor relations, social policy, theory and practice of the labor and trade union movement, including the books: “Trade Unions of Russia on the Threshold of the 21st Century”, “No Victory Without a Fight!”, “For Dignified Labor”, “Trade Union News Through the Prism of Humor” (co-authored); “To Fight and Win”, “Our Struggle”, “Anthology of Trade Union Thought” (co-authored); training manuals for trade unionists and activists “Conflicts in Labor Collectives” (co-authored), “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in a Changing Society”, “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in Questions and Answers”; chapter “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia” in the book “15 Years of the All-Russian Trade Union: A Look into the Future”. Coordinator of the Russian Trilateral Commission on Regulating Social and Labor Relations between All-Russian Trade Union Associations, All-Russian Employer Associations, and the Government of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Professor Emeritus of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations. Member of the Board of the Free Economic Society of Russia, member of the International Union of Economists, the National Civic Committee for Interaction with Law Enforcement, Legislative and Judicial Bodies, etc. Honorary President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions. Awarded the Order of Friendship, Order of the Badge of Honor, Order of Merit for the Fatherland II, III, IV degrees, Medal “In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, Certificate of Merit of the Government of the Russian Federation, etc. Professor Emeritus of SPbUHSS.
THE SYSTEM OF TRIPARTISM – ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EFFORTS FOR INCREASE OF FORECASTABILITY AND PREDICTABILITY IN SOCIAL AND LABOUR RELATIONS

I. TALUKDAR, Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (New Delhi). She received her Ph. D. at the Department of West Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Field of scholarly: Turkey, Greece, Russia, USA; the Cyprus issue Turkish¬Greek relations, policy research, Arctic, research on peace processes and conflict resolution, defense and foreign policy. Author of a number of scientific publications on international affairs, including the following: “The Vostok¬2018: Significance of Russia¬China Military Exercises”, “India¬Russia Relationship in Changing Geopolitical Dynamics”, “US’ National Security Strategy: A Russian Overview”, “The Munich Security Conference 2018: An Overview”, “Russia’s Increasing Role in Afghanistan: Impact on the Peace Process”, “Russia’s New Foreign Policy 2016”, “Russia and Trump’s Win”, “A New Aspect in the Special and Privileged Relationship between India and Russia: The Informal Meetings”, “Highlights of President Vladimir Putin’s Speech at the Federal Assembly 2018. A Vision for Russia’s Future”, “Special Report on Moves and Counter Moves: Between Russia and NATO”, “Russia and Pakistan Relationship: Engagement after Estrangement”, “China’s Relations with West Asia and Turkey”, “Geopolitical and Strategic Implications to Russia’s Security”, “Ukraine: The Clash of the Titans”, etc. She has appeared in interviews, including with the Russian TV and in India’s Rajya Sabha and All India Radio. She was a part of the Indian delegation for the 13th Think Tank Forum at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation at Astana (Kazakhstan). She was invited to discuss on security and terrorism issues during an interaction with the Joint Secretary of National Security Council Secretariat on SCO RATS. She was also invited for an interaction with the Young Diplomats of India, Russia and China under the format of Russia – India – China (R¬I¬C).
WORLD DEVELOPMENT: PROBLEMS OF PREDICTABILITY AND CONTROLLABILITY

M. P. THOMAS, Associate Professor of Sociology in York University (Toronto, Canada), Ph. D. (Sociology). Author of several scientific publications in political economy, economic sociology, sociology of work, include books: “Change and Continuity: Canadian Political Economy in the New Millennium” (coautor), “Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues” (coauthor), “Regulating Flexibility: The Political Economy of Employment Standards”, etc.; articles’: “The Employment Standards Enforcement Gap and the Overtime Pay Exemption in Ontario” (coauthor), “Being ‘Middle Class’?”, “Austerity, Right Populism and the Crisis of Labour in Canada” (coauthor), “Global Unions, Global Framework Agreements and the Transnational Regulation of Labour Standards”, etc.
TRADE UNIONS IN CANADA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

P. P. TOLOCHKO, Member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honorary Director of the Institute of Archeology of the NAS of Ukraine, foreign member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (History), Professor, Honorary Doctor of SPbUHSS
THE WORLD HAS REACHED A DANGEROUS POINT

ZH. Т. TOSHCHENKO, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Federal Research Sociological Center of the RAS, Scientific Director of the Sociology Department of the Russian State University for the Humanities, corresponding member of the RAS, Dr. Sc. (Philosophy), Professor. Author of about 700 scientific publications, including: “Precarious Employment: Origins, Criteria, Peculiarities” (co-authored), “Precariat: the Formation of a New Class” (co-authored), “Society of Trauma: Between Evolution and Revolution (Experience of Theoretical and Empirical Analysis)”, “Thesaurus of Sociology, Centaur-Problem (Experience of Philosophical and Sociological Analysis)”, “Phantoms of Russian Society”, etc. Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the RAS journal “Sociological Studies”, Professor Emeritus of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian State University for the Humanities. Honorary Doctor of the Institute of Sociology of the RAS. Recipient of the M. M. Kovalevsky Prize of the RAS. Awarded the Medal for Labor Achievements and P. A. Sorokin Medal.
THE TRAUMA SOCIETIES – THE OBJECTIVE REALITY OR A ZIGZAG IN HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

V. T. TRETYAKOV, Dean of the Higher School (Department) of Television at the Lomonosov Moscow State University
HOW TO SAVE THE EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION

CS. VARGA, Professor Emeritus of the Institute of Legal Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest), Dr. Sc. (Law). Visiting professor at many foreign universities (U.S., Australia, UK, Japan, Russia, EU countries). Author of more than 500 scientific works published in English, German, French and other languages, including monographs “Law and Philosophy”, “Paradigms of Legal Thinking”, “Comparative Legal Cultures”, “The Enigma of Law and of Legal Philosophising”, etc. Advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary (1990–1994), member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. Recipient of the Hungarian government’s prize for scientific achievement.
LAW AS A FACTOR OF GLOBAL INSTABILITY

S. V. VERSHININ, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (from March, 2018), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1976) run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (MGIMO) and the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR (1991). In diplomatic service since 1976. Adviser-envoy of the Russian Federation Embassy in Tunisia (1993–1997). Division head in the Department of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (1997–2000). Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Algeria (1999–2003). Director of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (2005–2018). He was awarded the Order of Friendship and the Order of Honour.
ON SOME ASPECTS OF GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE CURRENT STAGE

J. WIATR, Minister of National Education of Poland (1996–1997), deputy to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) (1991–1997, 2001), Dr. Sc. (Sociology), Professor
GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND GLOBAL RESPONSES

A. V. YAKOVENKO, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Dr. Sc. (Law), Professor. Since 1976, he has held various diplomatic positions at the Central Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and abroad. Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia (2005–2011), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom (2011–2019). Author of several books on international space law, as well as more than 200 publications on international relations and foreign policy, science, education, and culture including: “2023: A New Global Financial Architecture on the Horizon?”, “The World has Entered a Phase of Searching for a New Balance of Development”, “The Realities of the New World Order”, “25 Trends in Contemporary International Relations and Global Development”, and others. Member of the Scientific Council of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, the collegium of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, member of the Space Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences, full member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL, Paris), International Academy of Astronautics (IAA, Paris). Professor Emeritus of the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom). Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of Honor, Order of Friendship, Medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland I and II degrees, Diplomas of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation.
WHY THE WORLD IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE FOR US

A. S. ZAPESOTSKY, President of St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences, corresponding member of the RAS, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Dr. Sc. (Cultural Studies), Professor, Scientist Emeritus of the Russian Federation. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Congress of St. Petersburg Intelligentsia. Author of more than 3,400 scientific works and essays. Member of the editorial boards of the journals “Philosophy and Culture”, “Issues of Cultural Studies”, etc. Academician of the Academy of Sciences and Arts (Paris), the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg). Awarded the Order of Friendship and others. Awarded a commendation from the President of the Russian Federation (2012, 2021). Recipient of the Russian Government Prize (2007) and the St. Petersburg Government Prize (2010, 2016) in Education, the Gorky Literary Prize (2007), the Plekhanov Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2015), etc.
CULTUROLOGICAL COMPREHENSION OF GLOBALIZATION PROCESSES

K. F. ZATULIN, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, Deputy to the State Duma of Convocations I, IV, V, VII, VIII, Special Representative of the State Duma on Migration and Citizenship, Director of the Institute of CIS Countries. Author of hundreds of publications in the domestic and foreign media, including books: “33 and One More Story from the Life of Our Mainland”, “Between East and West. Ukraine against the backdrop of the Orange Revolution”, “Russia and Abkhazia: Two Countries – One People”, “The Russian Question”, etc. Member of the Scientific Council under the Security Council of the Russian Federation, member of the Government Commission for the Affairs of Compatriots Abroad, member of the Government Commission on Migration Policy. Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of Honor, Friendship, Medals For Excellent Service in the Protection of Public Order, “In Memory of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, “300 Years of the Russian Navy”; Orders of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Order of St. Prince Daniel of Moscow, St. Sergius of Radonezh and St. Seraphim of Sarov, the Order of St. Sava of the Serbian Orthodox Church; orders and medals of the Republics of Armenia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Transnistria Moldavian Republics, Diploma and Badge of Honor of the State Duma of the Russian Federation “For Merits in Development of Parliamentarism”, etc. Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of Crimea.
RUSSIA AND THE WORLD: RISKS AND PROSPECTS