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Aleksandra Morozkina PhD lives in Moscow Russia. She is a head of the Structural Reforms Division at the Economic Expert Group and an associate professor at the HSE. She has been working in the field of international organizations for several years and is very much interested in everything related to BRICS and development issues. Since 2012 Aleksandra has been involved in research projects of the National Committee on BRICS Research which performs and coordinates studies of the role and place of BRICS countries in global politics and economy. Her current research focuses on development finance in particular on the activities of the development banks. Prior to this Aleksandra worked in equity trading department of Troika Dialog.

Aleksei Zakharov is a Research Fellow at the International Laboratory on World Order Studies and the New Regionalism Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia. He is also a Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences and previously was a Visiting Fellow at Observer Research Foundation (ORF) New Delhi.

Alex Brunner is an Mphil candidate at the University of Oxford.

Alexander Iskandaryan is Director of the Armenia-based Caucasus Institute.

Alexander Spalding was a Research Intern, at the Observer Research Foundation’s Cyber Initiative.

Alexandra Koval has a master degree in law of international trade. She has worked as a researcher in Russian Foreign Trade Academy (RFTA) under Ministry of economic development of Russian Federation and specialized in export support measures. Alexandra is now leading "Russia-OECD Club and works as the researcher in Russia-OECD Center. As an expert she has closed cooperation with government authorities like Government Ministry for Economic Development VEB.RF DOM.RF etc. Alexandra participates on an ongoing basis in the work of the OECDs committees and working groups. Export support SMEs tax responsible business conduct OECD tools are the main areas of her interests.

Alexei Kupriyanov is senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Alexey Kupriyanov PhD (History)

Alexis Crow is Visiting Senior Fellow at ORF. She leads the Geopolitical Investing practice at PwC helping leading companies and asset managers to capitalise on dislocations in order to profit and expand around the globe. Previously she was Managing Director at New York-based G2 Investment Group where she was responsible for developing investment strategies for the firm and for providing counsel on geopolitical issues.

Almudena Azcrate Ortega is an Associate Researcher in the WMD Programme at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Her research focuses on space security and missiles. Prior to joining UNIDIR Almudena was a Research Assistant at Georgetown University Law Center where she is currently an S.J.D. (Ph.D equivalent) candidate. She also holds an LL.M. in National Security Law from the same institution where she was the recipient of Georgetowns Thomas Bradbury Chetwood S.J. Prize for the most distinguished academic performance in the programme. Almudena received her LL.B. from the University of Navarra. She is admitted to practice law in Spain and prior to her studies at Georgetown she was a practising attorney at the Spanish law firm Ura Menndez where she specialized in international arbitration and litigation.

Alok Kesari works as Senior Advisor at the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH the German Agency for International Cooperation in the Global Project Quality Infrastructure commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. He specialises in market access conditions regulatory landscape including standards technical regulations and compliance procedures. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Faculty of Management Studies University of Delhi.

Alok Raj Gupta is an expert in the field of energy and sustainability economics and brings a rich global consulting experience from projects across the Americas EMEA and Asia including multi-lateral agencies (e.g. UNDP UNFCCC Water Aid Action Aid and DFID) governments departments (e.g. India Mexico United States Nepal and Australia) and energy majors (e.g. Saudi Aramco BP Vattenfall and Siemens). He has published over a 100 papers articles and essays and has conducted talks on a wide range of energy and sustainability issues. Alok was the Country Manager for Boston Strategies International (2011-2016) before founding Envecologic an energy &: sustainability think tank and capacity building firm in 2017. He holds a BA degree in Economics from University of Delhi and MS in Environment &: Resource Economics from TERI University.

Alyssa Ayres is a senior fellow for India Pakistan and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She has served as deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia from 2010 to 2013. Her book about Indias rise on the world stage Our Time Has Come: How India is Making Its Place in the World was published by Oxford University Press in January 2018 and was recently selected by the Financial Times for its Summer 2018: Politics list.

Amalia Ergasheva is an International Relations Specialist at IT Park Uzbekistan. She establishes and maintains relationships with national and international partners interested in innovative startups and the development of the IT sector in Uzbekistan

Aman Nair is a Research Associate and Project Coordinator of the Responsible Technology Initiative at DFL. His work primarily involves research into the intersection between technology governance and public service delivery. He also works on issues relating to the platform economy and judicial technology.Prior to working at DFL Aman was a researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society where he led the Financial and Commercial Tech agenda which focused on examining the relationship between technology and financialisation in India.

Aman Y. Thakker is an Analyst with Protagonist (formerly Monitor 360) a strategy consulting firm based in Washington D.C. He is also a Contributor for The Diplomat Magazine writing frequently about Indian foreign and national security policy. He is a graduate of the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs and earned a B.A. magna cum laude in International Affairs. He also spent one year studying at the London School of Economics.

Amanda Roark works with the Institute of Applied Engineering University of South Florida. She is part of the graduate programme at SOFWERX where her teams research is at the intersection of artificial intelligence surveillance and cyber. She contributes to projects for the US Special Operations Command and also makes custom hardware for her experiments. Her work extends from cyber to welding to the RF spectrum.

Ambar Kumar Ghosh is an Associate Fellow under the Political Reforms and Governance Initiative at ORF Kolkata. His primary areas of research interest include studying Indian democracy and its institutions federalism political leadership citizenship and migration studies.

He is presently pursuing his PhD on “Populist Politics and Indian Democracy” at the department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has previously served as a Guest Faculty at the department of Political Science, Siliguri College, Siliguri, West Bengal. He has presented academic papers in national and international workshops and conferences. His recent publications include “The COVID-19 Challenge to Indian Federalism” (co-authored), “Trans-border Migration: Bridging the Gap between State and Human Security” (co-authored) and “Paradox of ‘Centralised Federalism’: An Analysis of the Challenges to India’s Federal Design”.

Ameen Jauhar is a senior resident fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and leads its Centre for Applied Law &: Tech Research (ALTR). Ameens focus areas include AI ethics and governance and the use of AI in legal and justice systems.