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Samir Saran is the President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India’s premier think tank, headquartered in New Delhi with affiliates in North America and the Middle East. His research focuses on issues of global governance, climate and energy policy, ...
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Doctor of History is Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research UniversityHigher School of Economics (NRUHSE) and Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Russia.
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