Curriculum Vitae
ÖZGÜR ÖZDAMAR ______
Personal Information
Department of International Relations Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 06800 Email: [email protected] Phone: +90 (312) 290-1901 Web: http://ozgur.bilkent.edu.tr/
Academic Degrees
July 2010 Associate Professor, Interuniversity Board of Turkey
August 2006 Ph.D. Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia Fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics
May 1999 B.S. Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey Track: Political Science
Professional Experience
2018-2019 Visiting Fulbright Scholar, SAIS Johns Hopkins University
2009-present Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Bilkent University
2013-present Director of Research & Senior Researcher, Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research
2014-2018 Founding Director, Fortuna Consulting, CyberPark, Bilkent University
2012-2014 Visiting Lecturer, Diplomacy Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey
2006-2009 Assistant Professor, Lecturer, TOBB-University of Economics and Technology
2008-2012 Visiting Lecturer, National Security College, Turkish General Staff 1
2007-2008 Visiting Lecturer, Turkish Military Academy
2005-2006 Instructor, University of Missouri at Columbia
2005-2006 Adjunct Faculty Member, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri
2002-2006 Graduate Fellow Assistant; Research Assistant. RA for Missouri Research and Education Dataset Project; RA for Near Crisis in World Politics Project (ICB project).
2001-2006 Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-Columbia
1999–2001 Associate, Garanti Bank, Department of Financial Products Development, Istanbul, Turkey
1997-1999 President, Human Rights Working Group, Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe (AEGEE) -Ankara.
Publications
Books, Monographs:
(with Yasemin Akbaba) Role Theory in the Middle East and North Africa. (London: Routledge. 2019).
An Expected Utility Approach to Energy Security in Eurasia. (SL Germany: LAP Press, 2017).
Refereed Journal Articles:
“European Populist Radical Right Leaders’ Foreign Policy Beliefs: An Operational Code Analysis”, with Erdem Ceydilek, European Journal of International Relations. 2019.
"Turkey and Cyprus: A Poliheuristic Analysis of Decisions During the Crises of 1964, 1967 and 1974", with Okhan Erciyas, Foreign Policy Analysis, Forthcoming.
“An Application of Expected Utility Modeling and Game Theory in IR: Assessment of International Bargaining on Iran’s Nuclear Program”. All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace. Forthcoming. (ESCI). 2019
“Understanding New Middle Eastern Leadership: An Operational Code Approach,” With Sercan Canbolat, Political Research Quarterly. (SSCI) DOI: 10.1177/1065912917721744. 2018.
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“Leadership Analysis at a ‘Great Distance’: Using Operational Code Construct to Analyze Islamist Leaders.” Global Society. Volume 31, Issue 2, 2017. (ESCI)
“From Good Neighbor to Model: Turkey’s Changing Roles in the Middle East in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring,” With Toygar Halistoprak and Erkam Sula. International Relations, Vol. 11, Issue 42, Summer 2014, p. 93-113. (SSCI)
"Religious Discrimination and International Crises: International Effects of Domestic Inequality." With Yasemin Akbaba. Foreign Policy Analysis. Volume 10, Issue 4, p. 413-430. October 2014. (SSCI)
“A Divided Government, an Ideological Parliament, and an Insecure Leader: Turkey’s Indecision about Joining the Iraq War.” With Zeynep Taydaş, Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 94, Issue 1 p. 217-241, March 2013. (SSCI)
“Security and Military Balance in the Black Sea Region”, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 2010, p. 341-359. (SSCI)
“Uneasy Neighbors: Turkish-Iranian Relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution”, with Nihat Ali Özcan, Middle East Policy, Vol 17, No.3, Fall 2010, p.101-117. (SSCI)
“English School Theory of International Relations: Its Origins, Concepts, and Debates”, with Balkan Devlen, Uluslararası İlişkiler, 7, No. 25, Spring 2010, p. 43-68. (In Turkish) (SSCI)
“Iran’s Nuclear Program and Future of US-Iranian Relations”, with Nihat Ali Özcan, Middle East Policy, Vol. 16, Issue 1, 2009, p. 121-133. (SSCI)
“Modeling Foreign Policy and Ethnic Conflict: Turkey's Policies towards Syria”, with Carolyn C. James, Foreign Policy Analysis 5, Issue 1, 2009, p. 475-494. (SSCI)
“Theorizing Terrorist Behavior: Major Approaches and Their Characteristics” Defence Against Terrorism Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2008, p. 89-101.
“Contributions of Game Theory to International Relations Literature”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Vol. 4, Issue 15, 2007, p. 33-66. (in Turkish) (Indexed by the SSCI as of 2008)
“The English School, International Relations and Progress”, with Balkan Devlen and Patrick James, International Studies Review, Vol. 7, 2005, p. 171-197. (Indexed by the SSCI as of 2006)
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“Religion as a Factor in Ethnic Conflict: Kashmir and Indian Foreign Policy”, with Carolyn C. James, Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 17, 2005, p. 447- 467. (SSCI)
Refereed Book Chapters:
“System, the Individual, and Survival: A Neoclassical, Realist Approach to Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle, East after the Arab Uprisings”. In Vincent Della Sala and Roberto Belloni Eds. Fear and Uncertainty in Europe: A Return to Realism? (New York: Palgrave MacMillan). (Forthcoming in 2018)
“Domestic Sources of Changing Turkish Foreign Policy towards the MENA During 2010s: A Role Theoretic Approach.” In Christian Cantir and Juliet Kaarbo Eds. Domestic Role Contestation, Foreign Policy, and International Relations. (New York and London: Routledge. 2016).
“What Should Turkey Do to Stabilize the Black Sea Region?” In Anahit Shirinyan Ed. Unrewarding Crossroads: The Black Sea Amidst the European Union and Russia. (The German Marshall Fund and the Robert Bosch Stiftung 2015).
“Ethnicity, Religion and Foreign Policy: Turkish-Syrian Relations since the 1980s”, with Yasemin Akbaba. In Raymond Hinnebusch and Özlem Tür Eds. Turkey Syria Relations: Between Enmity and Amity. (London: Ashgate, 2013).
“Dış Politika Karar Alımı Sürecinde Lider Merkezli Yaklaşım: Akılcı Tercih Kuramı ve Türkiye'nin Irak Savaşına Katılmama Kararı. In Rıdvan Kalaycı ve Ertan Efegil Eds. Dış Politika Teorileri Bağlamında Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi. (İstanbul: Nobel Yayınları. 2012).
“The United States and North Korea: Avoiding a Worst-Case Scenario”, with Patrick James, in Ralph Carter Ed., Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade (Washington DC: CQ Press, 2014, 2010 and 2007).
“Energy, Security, and Foreign Policy.” In Robert A. Denemark Ed. The International Studies Encyclopedia. (UK: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2010).
“Foreign Policy, Public Opinion and the Iraq War: The Turkish Case”, with Zeynep Taydas. In Richard Sobel, Bethany Barratt and Peter Furia Eds. Public Opinion and International Intervention: Lessons from the Iraq War. (Washington DC: Potomac Books, 2012).
“Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy Crises”, with Balkan Devlen, in Annette Freyberg-Inan, Ewan Harrison, Patrick James Eds. Rethinking Realism in International Relations: Between Tradition and Innovation. (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009).
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“Religion as a Factor in Ethnic Conflict: Kashmir and Indian Foreign Policy”, with Carolyn C. James. Reprint in Jonathan Fox and Shumel Sandler Eds., Religion in World Conflict (London: Routledge, 2006).
“German Security Policy in the 21st Century”, in Karl DeRouen and Uk Heo, Eds., Defense and Security: A Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio Publications, 2005).
Book Reviews:
Thomas Juneau, Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy, (Stanford University Press, 2015), for Perspectives on Politics, Cambridge University Press. 2017.
R.E. Harkavy and S.G. Neuman, Warfare and the Third World (Palgrave, New York, 2001), for International Politics 40, (March 2003): 165-167.
S. Razack. Race, Space and the Law: Unmapping a White Settler Society (Toronto: Between the Lines, 2002), for American Review of Canadian Studies 34, (Fall 2004).
Other Publications, Working Papers, Occasional Pieces:
“Turkish-Iranian Relations after the Framework Agreement” published by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. 2015.
“The Black Sea Region in the New Turkish Foreign Policy.” EDAM Black Sea Discussion Paper Series 2012/2. (The Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM).
“Türkiye’nin Yeni Dış Politikasında Karadeniz Bölgesi.” Ortadoğu Analiz. Mayıs 2012. (ORSAM: Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies)
Manuscripts under Review
“Exploring President Trump’s Foreign Policy Orientation towards the Middle East”
Manuscripts in Preparation
“The New direction of Chinese Foreign Policy towards the United States: A Role Theory Approach.”
“Understanding Sources of Iranian Foreign Policy: International Politics from the Vantage Point of New Iranian Leadership”
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"Brazil and Turkey: Transition from Middle to Great Power?"
“Operational Code Analysis of Iran’s Supreme Leadership: Ayatollah Khomeini and Khamenei”
Book in Preparation
“Turkey’s Foreign Policy: A Middle Power’s Quest for Status”
Conference Papers and Presentations
“Measuring the Public Opinion on Turkish Foreign Policy: Global, Regional and Local Preferences.” International Studies Association Regional Meeting, Hong Kong, China, 2017.
Discussant and Chair. “Rationality and Cognition in Foreign Policy” International Studies Association Regional Meeting, Hong Kong, China, 2017.
“Role Theory and Faith-Based Leadership Role,” with Yasemin Akbaba, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MA, 2017.
Discussant, “Debating Change in Turkish Foreign Policy within the Changing Geopolitics of Turkey’s Neighborhood”, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MA, 2017.
Discussant, “The Plight of Syrian Refugees: Economics, Security and Humanitarian Crisis” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MA, 2017.
“Realism and Nationalism: Old Pals or Strangers?” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2016.
“Regional Leadership Role in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and Turkey.” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2016.
“Turkey's Foreign Policy Roles: Decision-Makers, the Elite and the Public” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2015.
“Understanding Sources of Iranian Foreign Policy: International Politics from the Vantage Point of New Iranian Leadership” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2015.
“A Middle Power’s Domestic Role Contestations: Turkish Foreign Policy Elite’s Contending Role Conceptualizations” FLASCO-ISA Joint Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2014
“Contested Roles and Domestic Politics” British International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland. 2014 6
"Role Contestation in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Elite and the Public" International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2014.
“Religious Affinities in Foreign Policy: Turkish-Syrian Relations before and after the Arab Uprising” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2014.
"Role Theory and Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Political, Economic, Intellectual Roots" International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013.
"An Aspiring Regional Power and a Neglected Region? The Black Sea Region in Turkey’s New Foreign Policy " International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013.
“Turkey and the Middle Eastern Governance Structures,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2012.
“Neo-Islamists' Operational Code: Old Philosophy, New Tactics?” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2012.
“A Global Dialogue on Foreign Policy Analysis,” International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2012.
“Brazil and Turkey: Transition from Middle to Great Power?”, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA, March 2011.
“Political Islam's Belief Systems: An Operational Code Approach”, International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA, March 2011.
“Operational Code Analysis of Political Islamists,” International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Annual Scientific Conference, Istanbul, July 2011.
“Religious Discrimination and Patterns of Foreign Policy”, with Yasemin Akbaba, International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans: LA, 2010.
“A Strong Leader, a Prudent Majlis, and a Legislative Accident: Turkey’s Indecision to Join the 2003 Iraqi War”, with Zeynep Taydaş, International Studies Association (ISA), New Orleans: LA, 2010.
“Ethnic Conflict Foreign Policy Linkages: Turkey’ Policies towards Syria” METU IR Conference, 19 June 2009.
“Forecasting International Relations and Foreign Policy”, International Studies Association (ISA), New York: NY. 2009.
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“Patterns of Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Role Discrimination and Religion”, with Yasemin Akbaba, International Studies Association (ISA), New York: NY. 2009.
“Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy Crises”, with Balkan Devlen, International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco CA, 2008.
“Foreign Policy, Public Opinion and the Iraq War: The Turkish Case”, with Zeynep Taydaş, International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco CA, 2008.
Discussant and Chair, Panel on “Insights on Turkish Foreign Policy”, International Studies Association (ISA), San Francisco CA, 2008.
“The Uneasy Neighbors: Turkish Iranian Relations since the Iranian Revolution”, with Nihat Ali Özcan, The Sixth METU IR Conference, Ankara, Turkey, 2007
"Comparing Foreign Policy Tools: Impact of Use of Force and Initiation of Economic Sanctions on Presidential Approval Rates", with Zeynep Taydaş, International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago IL. 2007.
"Iran’s Nuclear Program and Global Energy Security." International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago IL. 2007.
Chair, Panel on Domestic Sources of U.S. Foreign Policy: Public Opinion and the Media, International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago IL. 2007.
Chair, Panel on The Geopolitics of Oil, International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago IL. 2007
Discussant, Panel on The Future of World Oil, International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago IL. 2007
“Economic Sanctions and Domestic Politics: United States’ Use of Sanctions, 1966-2000”, with Zeynep Taydaş, International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA. 2006.
“Foreign Policy and Ethnic Politics: Comparing Turkey and India”, Carolyn C. James, International Studies Association (ISA), Hawaii, 2005.
“Turkish-Israeli Relations in the 21st Century.”, with Balkan Devlen, American Political Science Association (APSA), 2004.
“English School and Rational Choice: Turning Solitude into Solidarity”, with Balkan Devlen and Patrick James, International Studies Association (ISA), Montreal, Quebec, 2004.
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“Axis of Stability: Turkish-Israeli Relations in the 21st Century”, with Balkan Devlen, International Studies Association (ISA), Montreal, Quebec, 2004.
(with Carolyn C. James) “Religion as a Factor in Ethnic Conflict: Kashmir and Indian Foreign Policy”, ISA-Midwest, 2003.
“Why the U.S. Uses Economic Sanctions”, ISA-Midwest, 2003.
“The Politics of Inflation Measures: Comparing Argentina and Turkey”, ISA- Midwest, 2002.
“Ethnic Conflict and Foreign Policy: Turkey and India”, ISA-Midwest, 2002.
“The Politics of Inflation Measures: Comparing Argentina and Turkey”, Middle East Technical University Conference on International Relations, Ankara, Turkey, 2002.
Awards
Superior Graduate Student Achievement Award, University of Missouri- Columbia, 2005.
Invited Talks and Workshops
"Turkey’s Foreign Policy Roles: Decision-Makers, Elite and the Public" • The Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. October 2014 • Gettysburg College, Philadelphia, November 2014
“Turkey’s Foreign Policy: A Middle Power’s Quest for Status” • Foreign Policy and Peace Research Institute, Bilkent University, Oct. 2014 • Kadir Has University & 9 Eylül Üniversitesi, October 2014
“An Introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis: Theory and Methods” • FPA Academy, International Relations Council, Kartepe, March 2015 • International Relations Council Bi-Annual Meeting, Cyprus, 2013
“Foreign Policy Analysis.” The Diplomatic Academy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey. November 2012.
“Multidisciplinary Approaches in International Relations Research.” Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara. November 2012.
“Democracies and Foreign Policy Decision-Making”, London Metropolitan University. October 2012.
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“Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Turkey: The Iraq War Decision and U.S.- Turkey Relations since 2003”. SUNY Global Center, New York City, September 2012.
“Leadership Analysis at a “Great Distance”: Using the Operational Code Construct to Analyze Islamist Leaders” Binghamton University, State University of New York, September 2012.
“Turkey’s Foreign Policy Roles.” Turkey, Transatlantic Relations and NATO Conference. aNATOlia Conferences. Eskişehir Anadolu Üniversitesi. May 2012.
“Black Sea Young Reformers Project” organized byKadir Has University, UİK Derneği, Center for Applied Policy Research (C.A.P) at the University of Munich, Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Black Sea Trust of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. May 2012.
"Shifting Patterns in Turkish-Syrian Relations: 1990s to 2000s", St. Andrews University, Scotland, Conference on Syrian-Turkish Relations, 7-9 July 2011, CSS.
“Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramlarını Sinema Yardımıyla Öğretmek”, Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları ve Eğitimi Kongresi IV., Ilgaz, 19-22 Mayıs 2011.
“The Bosphorus Conference: EU and Turkey Shaping the Future”, 22-23 October 2010, Istanbul.
“Game Theory and International Politics.” Izmir University of Economics. May 2010.
“Globalization and its Political-Economic Implications”, National Security Academy, Turkey, October 2008, March 2009, October 2009, March 2010, October 2010.
“US Politics and Foreign Policy”, National Security Academy, Turkey, October 2009, March 2010, October 2010, October 2011.
“Security and Military Balance in the Black Sea Region", Conference: Modelling a Common Project for the Black Sea Region" Organized by Socialist Group in the European Parliament and Parliament of Romania
“Political Developments in the Black Sea Region”, Black Sea NGO Forum, Organized by UNDP, Black Sea Trust, Fond, October 2008.
“Fourth Meeting of the Task Force on a Common Black Sea Strategy”, organized by ICBSS and TEPAV, 10–11 October 2008, Ankara, Turkey
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“Iranian Nuclear Program and its Implications on the Region” International Conference: “Middle East in a Changing Context.” Organized by Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) and Strategic Research Center (SAM) of the Turkish Foreign Ministry on September 11-12, 2008.
“Global Terrorism and International Cooperation Symposium”, organized by Turkish General Staff, March 10-11, 2008, Ankara.
“Energy Security and the Black Sea: A Perspective from Turkey”, International Conference on Black Sea Security and Euro-Atlantic Alliance” & “Risks and Threats in the Black Sea Area: The Regional Security Environment in the Post- Cold War Era.” Organized by Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History Bucharest Romania and Institute for Modern and Contemporary History, Dresden Germany, November 2007.
“Current Political-Economy Issues in the Black Sea Region”, Izmir University of Economics, October 2007.
“Current Political and Security Issues in the Black Sea Region”, Looking Ahead: Prospects and Potentials in the Wider Black Sea, TEPAV-IPRI and ICBSS, Istanbul-Turkey, June 2007.
“EU and Black Sea Regional Cooperation”, South Europe Association and German Federal Foreign Ministry, Berlin-Germany, March 2007.
“Europe’s Black Sea Dimension”, Institute for Strategic Studies and European Commission, Ljubljana-Slovenia, March 2007.
“Energy Security and Foreign Policy in Eurasia”, Sabancı University, İstanbul- Turkey, May 2006.
“Iranian Nuclear Program and Energy Security”, TOBB-ETU, Ankara-Turkey, June 2006
Professional Service
Member of Editorial Board, Foreign Policy Analysis, 2010-present
Hiring Committee, IR Department, Bilkent University, 2016-2017.
Program Chair, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Migration Section, International Studies Association, 2015-2017.
Strategic Planning Committee on Teaching and Learning, Member, Coordinator, Bilkent University, 2012-2013.
Vice Chair, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, 2012-2013 11
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, 2011-2013
Editor, All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace. 2011-present
Executive Council Member, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Migration Section, International Studies Association, 2012-2015
Secretary/Treasurer (Section Officer) of Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association, 2009-2010
Executive Council Member, ISA Foreign Policy Analysis Section, 2007- 2009
Member, Graduate Studies Committee, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004- 2005
President of the Board, Graduate Association of Students in Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-2004
Grants
TÜBİTAK, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey Research Grant (1001), "Public Opinion on Turkish Foreign Policy: Global, Regional and Local Preferences. 215K169. 36 Months. Amount of support: ~450.000 TL. (~$200.000). 2016-2019.
TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) Research Grant (1001), “Turkey’s Foreign Policy Roles: An Empirical Approach, Amount: 198.648 TL. (~$110.000). 24 Months. Completed: November 2014.
European Union Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, research grant, $2.500. 2005. (not used)
Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, graduate fellow grant, $5.400, 2004.
Turkish Democracy Foundation, grant for conference organization: “Universality of Human Rights”, $10.000, 1998.
Professional Associations
International Studies Association, ISA (Sections: Foreign Policy Analysis, IPE, Scientific Study of International Processes)
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Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği (Association of International Relations Council)
British International Studies Association (BISA)
European International Studies Association (EISA)
Manuscripts Reviewed For
American Political Science Review Foreign Policy Analysis International Studies Perspectives International Studies Review Cambridge Review of International Affairs Turkish Studies Ethnic and Racial Studies The Chinese Journal of International Politics Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies Journal of International Relations and Development Democratization International Journal Mediterranean Politics
Oxford University Press Routledge Series on Role Theory and International Relations Brill
Turkish Academy Of Sciences Perceptions, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Journal Strategy
Uluslararası İlişkiler (International Relations: Academic Journal, İstanbul) Uluslararası Ekonomi ve Dış Ticaret Politikaları (International Economic and Foreign Trade Policies, Ankara)
Conferences Organized
Workshop on Turkish and US Foreign Policies towards the New Middle East -19 November 2013. Bilkent University
“5. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları ve Eğitimi Kongresi,” Cyprus, April 2013
“Workshop on IR Theory Studies in Turkey”, İzmir University of Economics, May 14-15, 2010.
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“Universality of Human Rights”, International Conference, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, November 1998.
Projects
Director, ‘Operational Code Analysis’ Software Development. Bilkent Cyberpark
Director, ‘Leadership Traits Analysis’ Software Development’ Bilkent Cyberpark
Director, TÜBİTAK 1001, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, "Türk Dış Politikasına Dair Kamuoyu Tutumları: Küresel, Bölgesel Ve Yerel Tercihler." 450.000 TL.
Director, TÜBİTAK 1001, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, “Turkey’s Foreign Policy Roles: An Empirical Approach”, 198.648 TL.
Researcher, TEPAV (Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey), “Black Sea Project”, 2006-2009.
Trainings Attended
Event Data Training, Organized by Intelligence Sciences Research Center, Turkish Police Academy, December 2011, Istanbul Turkey
The Wider Black Sea Area in Perspective, Organized by ICBSS, The University of the Aegean, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, TEPAV|IPRI, the Harvard Black Sea Security Program, the New Eurasia Foundation, and the EU-Russia Centre, Kalymnos-Greece, 2008.
Foreign Policy Decision Making Winter Institute, Texas A&M University, 2006, “Operational Code Analysis and Formal Modeling”, led by Stephen G. Walker.
NATO Modeling and Simulation Group Training, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 2006, “Integration of Modeling and Simulation.”
Administration
Deputy Department Chair, Bilkent University, 2012-2013
Director of Graduate Studies, Bilkent University, 2011-2013
Graduate studies curriculum committee member
Graduate admissions committee member
Curriculum Development Committee member 14
Teaching
Teaching Fields
Foreign Policy Analysis (Foreign Policy Analysis, Turkish FP, American FP, Intelligence and Strategic Studies)
International Relations (Introduction to IR, International Politics, IR Theory, Crisis and War, International Security)
Research Methods (Research Methods for Political Scientists, Game Theory, Decision-Making)
Middle East and North Africa (Politics and Violence in The Middle East, History of the ME)
Teaching Experience
IR 621 Current Debates in International Relations Theory (PhD), Bilkent
IR 5104 Issues in Turkish Foreign Policy (PhD/MA), Bilkent
IR 522 Foreign Policy Analysis (PhD/MA), Bilkent
IR 543 International and Public Policy Decision-Making (PhD/MA), Bilkent I IR 5103 American Public and Foreign Policy, (PhD/MA), Bilkent √ EEPS 511 Intelligence Analysis (MA), Bilkent
GE 443 Transdisciplinary Senior Project on Social Challenges in Turkey
IR 4195 Intelligence and Strategic Analysis, Bilkent
IR 349 International Relations in Movies, Bilkent
IR 335 IR Theory, Bilkent
IR 333 Foreign Policy Analysis; Bilkent
IR 227 Introduction to Research Methods in IR; Bilkent, TOBB-ETU
IR 101 Introduction to International Relations; Bilkent, TOBB-ETU
International Politics; TOBB-ETU
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Game Theory for Political Scientists, TOBB-ETU
American Politics and Foreign Policy, Bilkent, TOBB-ETU
PS 2004 Politics and Violence in the Middle East, University of Missouri at Columbia.
Senior Seminar (Comparative Politics), Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, Fall 2005.
Senior Practicum, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, Fall 2005.
Introduction to International Relations, University of Missouri, Columbia, Winter 2002, Winter 2003 and Fall 2003.(As TA)
Politics and War, University of Missouri, Columbia, Fall 2002. (As TA)
Classical Political Theory, University of Missouri, Columbia, Fall 2004. (As TA)
Graduate Students
PhD Graduates / ABDs
Erkam Sula (YBU), 2017.
Toygar Halistoprak (Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Antalya International University), 2016.
Aylin Gürzel (Eastern Mediterranean University), 2012.
MA Graduates
Enes Taylan, 2017. Boğaziçi University, Seven Bridges Genomics.
Elizabeth Richter, 2016. Bilkent University.
Sercan Canbolat, 2014. Fulbright Scholarship, PhD scholarship student at Connecticut University
Okhan Erciyas, 2014. Ministry of Education Scholarship. PhD student at Lancaster University, UK.
Emir Yazıcı, 2014. Ministry of Education Scholarship. PhD Student at University of Missouri.
Haig Shishmanian, 2014. PhD scholarship student at Maryland University 16
Benjamin Reimold, 2014. PhD scholarship student at Princeton University
Languages
Turkish (native), English (fluent)
TV, Radio, Newspaper Commentary and Articles
CNN International, Al Jazeera English, Voice of America, TRT, CNNTürk, TRT Radyo, TRT Türk, Washington Times, Al Jazeera Balkans, NTV, Associated Press, Milliyet
Consulting
Founding manager, Fortuna Consulting (a software development and business/political forecasting firm.), 2014-2017.
Referees
Professor Patrick James Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations School of International Relations University of Southern California 3518 Trousdale Parkway, VKC 315 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0043
Email: [email protected] Phone: (213) 821-4114 Web: http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~patrickj/
Professor Emeritus Steven Walker Arizona State University Email: [email protected]
Professor Cooper Drury Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Chair, Department of Political Science 218 Professional Building University of Missouri Columbia, MO 65211-6030
Email: [email protected] Phone: (573) 884-6747. Web: http://www.missouri.edu/~drurya/
Professor Birol Yeşilada 17
Contemporary Turkish Studies Endowed Chair and Professor Portland State University Email: [email protected]
Professor Mustafa Aydın Rector Kadir Has University, İstanbul Email: [email protected]
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