Birol A. Yeşilada

Division of Political Science Mark O. Hatfield School of Government P.O. Box 751 Portland State University Portland, OR 97202-0751 (503) 725-3257 e-mail: [email protected]

Education Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1984 (Political Science) M.A., San Francisco State University, 1979 (Political Science) B.A., University of California at Berkeley, 1977 (Neurobiology)

Employment Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Portland State University (1998-present) Contemporary Turkish Studies Chair, Portland State University (1998-present) Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia (1991-98) Assistant Professor, University of Missouri (1985-91) Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia (1984-85) Visiting Assistant Professor, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (1987-88) Visiting Faculty (consultant and trainer), Foreign Service Institute, Department of State (1994- 2006)

Administrative Appointments: Director, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University Interim Director, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University (2017 – 2018) Director, Center for Turkish Studies, Portland State University (1999-present) Director, Middle East Studies Center, Portland State University (9/2014-7/2017) PI-World Values Survey (for Cyprus) Director/coordinator, Public Administration and Policy Doctoral Program, Portland State University (2001-2007) Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia (1994-98) Founding Director, EU Center of Excellence, University of Missouri-Columbia (1998) Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia (1991-94)

Research Skills: Survey Research, Complex Dynamic Systems, Decision-Making and Modeling, Numerical Analysis, Multivariate Time Series Analysis (inc. interrupted models), Econometrics. Fluent in English and Turkish, reading knowledge of French

Current Research Projects/status: Dynamics of Cultural Change: The Human Development Perspective (with Mark Abdollahian, Travis Coan, and Zining Yang) - testing robustness of the model – preparing the survey instrument for 2017 Wave. Power transition analysis (with Jacek Kugler, Gaspare Genna, and Osman Goktug Tanrikulu) – continuous project for further refinement of Power Transition Theory. Decision-Making Analysis of the Cyprus Bargaining Space - research paper (with Jacek Kugler) Socio-economic and Political factors behind the rise of Radical Islam in Turkey and policy challenges for the Western states – book manuscript under preparation.

Refereed Publications: Books Global Power Transition and the Future of the European Union (with Jacek Kugler, Gaspare Genna, and Osman Tanrikulu). London: Routledge, 2017). EU-Turkey Relations in the 21st Century (London: Routledge, 2013).

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 1 Islamization of Turkey Under the AKP Rule, co ed. With Barry Rubin (London and New York: Routledge, 2011). The Emerging European Union (with David M. Wood; New York: Longman, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010; 5 editions) Comparative Political Parties and Party Elites: Essays in Honor of Samuel J. Eldersveld. ed. by Birol A. Yesilada. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999). The Political and Socioeconomic Transformation of Turkey, ed. by Atila Eralp, Muharrem Tünay, and Birol Yesilada. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993) Agrarian Reform in Reverse: The Food Crisis in the Third World, ed. by Birol Yesilada, Charles Brockett, and Bruce Drury. (Boulder: Westview Press, 1987)

Foreign Language Book SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR BÜYÜMENİN EKONOMİ POLİTİĞİ [Political Economy of Sustainable Economic Growth in Turkey] (with Mahir Fisunoglu) Istanbul: Aktive Academy 2005. Third Prize in national competition on Economic development sponsored by Aktive Finans in Turkey.

Selected Journal Articles “Has Capitalism Lost its Puritan Spirit? What do Recent WVS Data Say about Religiosity and Work Values?” (with Veysel Bozkurt) Economics and Sociology, Vol. 10, No. 2, (2017):125- 139. “Regional Power Transition and the Future of Turkey,” (with Osman Göktuğ Tanrıkulu) Uluslararası İlişkiler, Volume 13, No. 52, (2016): 23-46. “The Future of Erdogan and the AKP,” Turkish Studies, Vol 17, no. 1 (February):19-30. “Consequences of Reversing the European Union Integration” (with Jacek Kugler and Ali Fisunoglu) Foreign Policy Analysis 11 (2015): 45-67. “Human Development Dynamics: An Agent Based Simulation of Macro Social Systems and Individual Heterogeneous Evolutionary Games,” (with Mark Abdollahian, Zining Yang, and Travis Coan) Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling 1:18 (2013): 1-17. “Dynamics of Cultural Change: The Human Development Perspective (with Mark Abdollahian, Travis Coan and Hana Oh) International Studies Quarterly 50 (December 2012):827-42. “World Values Survey in Cyprus 2006: A Research Note,” (with Craig Webster, Nicos Peristianis, Harry Anastasiou) Cyprus Review Vol 22 no. 1 (July 2010): 153-167. “Changing Values in Turkey: Religiosity and Tolerance in Comparative Perspective” (with Peter Noordijk), Turkish Studies, Vol 11 no 1 (Spring 2010):9-27. “Religiosity and Social Values of the Cypriots” (with Peter Noordijk and Craig Webster) Social Compass 56:1 (2009): 15-34. “Islam and the Turkish Cypriots,” Social Compass 56:1 (2009):46-59. "Dynamics of Cultural Change” (with Mark Abdollahian, Travis Coan, Hana Oh) World Values Research Papers 1, 4 (2008): 85-108 http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org “The Role of EU in Democratization of Turkey & Some other Unexpected Issues,” Re-public re- imagining democracy online journal published in Greece, November 2008. http://www.re- public.gr/en/?p=446 “Competition among Giants: A Look at How Future Enlargement of the European Union Could Affect Global Power Transition,” (with Brian Efird and Peter Noordijk), International Studies Review Vol. 8, no. 4 (December 2006):607-622. “The Political Future of Afghanistan and Its Implications for U.S. Policy” (with Jacek Kugler and Brian Efird), Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol. 20, no. 1 (Spring 2003):43-72. “Negotiating a Resolution to the Cyprus Problem: Is Potential EU Membership a Blessing or a Curse?” (with Ahmet Sözen) International Negotiation Journal Vol. 7, no. 2 (2002):261-85 “The Virtue Party,” Turkish Studies (Spring, 2002):62-81. “Turkey’s Candidacy to Join the European Union,” The Middle East Journal Vol 56, no. 1 (Winter 2002):94-112. “The Worsening EU-Turkey Relations,” The SAIS Review (December 1998). “Prospects for Turkey's Membership in the European Community," International Journal of Turkish Studies Vol. 6, no 1&2 (Winter 1996):37-60 "European Integration in the 1980's and 1990's" Business & the Contemporary World, (with David Wood) Vol. 3, no. 3 (Spring, 1991): 89-101 "Social Progress and Political Development in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" The Cyprus Review, Vol. 1, no. 2 (Autumn 1989): 90-112

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 2 "Problems of Political Development in the Third Turkish Republic" Polity Vol. XXI, no. 2 (Winter 1988): 345-372 "North-South Relations and the Information Age" International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, (with Manoucherh Hosseinzadeh) Vol. 26, no 1-2 (Jan-April 1989): 1-25 "New Political Parties and the Problems of Development in Turkey" New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 1, no 1 (Fall 1987):35-62 "World Market Recessions and Economic Development: A Look at Alternative Rescue Policies for the Third World" International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 24, no 1-2 (January-April 1987): 57-69 "The Effect of Political Inputs on Economic Growth" Modeling, Simulation, and Control (with Sencer Yeralan and Davla Vivas) Vol. 5, no 1 (1986): 15-25

Selected Chapters “Religiosity and Political Values in post-2000 Turkey,” (with Peter Noordijk) in Democratic Consolidation in Turkey: Micro and Macro Challenges, Cengiz Erisen and Paul Kubicek eds. London: Routledge, 2017, pp. 21-37. “Political Capacity, Leadership, and Regional Integration in Europe,” (with Gaspare Genna and Peter Noordijk) in The Performance of Nations, edited by Ronald Tammen and Jacek Kugler (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield, 2012). “Emperor Has No Clothes: EU’s Cyprus Challenge” (with Ahmet Sozen) in The Cyprus Conflict: Looking Ahead Ahmet Sozen, ed. (Famagusta, TRNC: Eastern Mediterranean University Press, 2008):103-120. “Assessing Research on Turkish Foreign Policy and International Political Economy,” in Turkish Studies in the United States, Donald Quataert and Sabri Sayari eds., (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003), pp. 59-74. “Turkey and the United States,” In Dangerous Neighborhood: Aspects of Turkey’s Foreign Relations, ed., Michael Radu (Transaction Books, 2002) “Realignment and Party Adaptation: The Case of Refah & Fazilet Parties,” In Politics, Parties and Elections in Turkey, eds. Sabri Sayari and Yilmaz Esmer (Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 2002). “The Refah Party Phenomenon in Turkey.” In Comparative Political Parties and Party Elites: Essays in Honor of Samuel J. Eldersveld “The Mediterranean Challenge,” in The Expanding European Union: Past, Present and Future, eds. John Redmond and Glenda G. Rosenthal (Boulder: Lynne Reinner, 1998) "Turkey's Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East "The Political and Socioeconomic Transformation of Turkey" (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1993):169-192 "Assessing the January 24, 1980 Economic Stabilization Program in Turkey" in The Politics of Economic Reform in the Middle East, ed. by Henri J. Barkey (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992): 183-212. (with Mahir Fisunoglu) "The European Community's Mediterranean Policy: 1989-1990" in The State of the European Community: 1989-1990, ed. by Leon Hurwitz and Christian Lequesne (Lynne Reinner Publishing Co., Boulder, Colorado, 1991): 359-372.

Non-Refereed Publications:

Book Reviews (selected list): The New Turkey and Its Discontents by Simon A. Waldman and Emre Caliskan. The Middle East Journal, Volume 71, Number 3, Summer 2017, pp. 501-504 (Review) The Rise of Turkey: The Twenty-First Century’s First Muslim Power (by Soner Cagaptay) The Journal of the Middle East and Africa (2014). The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict by C.H. Dodd in Turkish Studies (September 2012). The European Union and Turkey: An Anchor/Credibility Dilemma. By Mehmet Ugur. In International Journal of Turkish Studies (Spring 2001). Turkey’s New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy, ed. By Alan Makovsky and Sabri Sayari in Middle East Insight (September – October 2001).). The Future of Turkish-Western Relations: Toward a Strategic Plan, by Zalmay Khalilzad, Ian O. Lesser, and F. Stephen Larrabee in Middle East Insight (September-October 2001). The Future of Turkish-Western Relations: Toward a Strategic Plan, by Zalmay Khalilzad, Ian O. Lesser, and F. Stephen Larrabee in Middle East Insight (September-October 2001).

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 3 Turkey’s Transformation and America Policy, ed. By Morton Abramowitz. In Middle East Journal (Summer 2001). Cyprus: The Destruction of a Republic, British Documents 1960-65, by Salahi R. Sonyel in MESA Bulletin (1999). Swimming Against the Tide: Turkish Trade Reform in the 1980s, by Anne Krueger and Okan Aktan in Studies in Comparative International Development (Winter, 1994)

CHOICE Reviews (total of 40, listed are the most recent) Muslims, Money, and Democracy in Turkey by Ozlem Madi-Sisman. (forthcoming). Great game in West Asia, ed. by Merhan Kamrava. Oxford, 2017. 352p index ISBN 9780190673604, $39.95; CHOICE Vol 55 no. 6. The new Turkey and its discontents, by Simon A. Waldman and Emre Caliskan. Oxford, 2017. 342p bibl index ISBN 9780190668365, $74.00; ISBN 9780190668372 pbk, $27.95 CHOICE vol 55 no. 1. Inside the Muslim Brotherhood: religion, identity, and politics by ʻ Khalīl Anānī, Oxford, 2016. 199p index afp ISBN 9780190279738, $74.00. CHOICE vol 54 no 8. The European Union and the rise of regionalist parties. By Seth K. Jolly, Michigan, 2015. 235p bibl index afp ISBN 9780472072590, $70.00. CHOICE vol 53, no.8. Which European Union?: Europe after the Euro crisis. Sergio Fabbrini. Cambridge, 2015. 338p bibl index ISBN 9781107103948, $95.00; ISBN 9781107503977 pbk, $36.99. CHOICE Vol 53, no.3. Paradoxes of liberal democracy: Islam, Western Europe, and the Danish cartoon crisis, by Paul M. Sniderman et al. Princeton, 2014. 186p bibl index afp ISBN 9780691161105, $35.00 CHOICE vol 53, no.1.

Other Published Works: “Public Opinion and Participation in the European Union” European Union Studies Association Public Opinion and Participation Section essay (January 2016). https://eustudies.org/eusa- forum/eusa-interest-section-essays RAND REPORT on Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan (with Khaled M. Abu El Fadl, Said Arjomand, Nathan Brown, Jerrold Green, Donald Horowitz, Michael Rich, Barnett Rubin, Cheryl Benard, and Nina Hachigian). Santa Monica: RAND, 2003. The conference that resulted in this report and its participants were requested by the White House.

Non-refereed Chapters: "Turkey in Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1991: Parties and Revolutionary Movements, ed. by Richard F. Staar (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, July, 1991):634- 638 "The Society and Its Environment" in Cyprus: A Country Study, ed. by Eric Solsten for the Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (Dept. of the Army: US Government Printing Office, 1993):82-104 "The Economy: 'The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' " in Cyprus: A Country Study, ed. by Eric Solsten for the Library of Congress, Federal Research Division: 141-160 "Turkey" in Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1990: Parties and Revolutionary Movements, ed. by Richard F. Staar (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1990):708-711

Reports: "Further Enlargement of the European Community." National Forum : Phi Kappa Phi Journal. (Spring, 1992):21-28 "Social Progress in Northern Cyprus." Universities Field Staff International (1989/90 series, no. 3) "Islamic Movements in Post-1980 Turkey and the Saudi Connection." Universities Field Staff International (1988-1989 series, no. 18.

Foreign Language Publications:

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 4 "Türkiye'nin AT Üyeliğinin Dış Ticaretimize Etkileri" [The Probable Effects of Turkey's EC Membership on Turkish Exports] Ankara: TURKTRADE Publication, 1988 (with Mahir Fisunoğlu) "Türkiye'de İslamcı Akımlar ve Suudi Bağlantısı" [Islamic Movements in Turkey and the Saudi Connection], Bilim ve Sanat, (Ankara, July 1988):22-25

Professional Meetings

Recent Conference Papers (presented over 60 papers): “Regional Integration Theory in Europe Revisited: A Power Transition Approach,” paper presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. “Trust, Values, Power Transition and the Future of the EU,”(with Jacek Kugler and Osman Goktug Tanrikulu) paper presented at the 2017 Biannial Conference of the European Union Studies Association in Miami, FL, May 4-7. “The Future of the European Union: Who is in and out?” (with Osman Goktug Tanrikulu, Jacek Kugler and Gaspare Genna), paper presented at the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Baltimore, February 22-26. “Where Does Turkey Belong?” (with Osman Goktug Tanrikulu) paper presented at the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Baltimore, February 22-26. “Power Transition and the Future of the European Union” (with Jacek Kugler, Osman Tanrikulu, and Allison Hamlin) paper presented at the 2016 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Atlanta, March 16-19. “Political Demography of Stranger’s Welcome,” (with Craig Carr) paper presented at the 2015 Annual Conference of International Studies Association in New Orleans, February 17-22. “Human Development Dynamics: An Agent Based Simulation of Macro Social Systems and Heterogeneous Evolutionary Games” (with Mark Abdollahian, Zining Yang, and Patrick Neal), paper presented at the 2014 Annual Conference of International Studies Association in Toronto, Canada. March 26-30. “Political Performance, Leadership and Regional Integration in Europe: An Examination of the French and German Roles” (with Gaspare Genna and Peter Noordijk) paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association in Baltimore MD, May 9- 11, 2013. “The Cyprus conundrum: A Constant Thorn on the Side of the European Union?” (with Jacek Kugler and Ali Fisunoglu), paper presented at the 2013 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, April 3-7. “Cyprus Negotiations” paper presented at the Center for Turkish Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, April 17, 2012. “EU Regional Security Challenges in the Caucasus,” paper presented at the Conference on “Securing Europe: The EU’s External Relations in Troubled Times,” European Union Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, April 12-13, 2012. “In or Out: EU Membership Criteria and Accession Prospects for Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries,” (with Ashley Rasmussen) paper presented at the 2012 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Diego, California, April 1-4. "The ESDP, Cyprus Peace Talks, and Regional Power Transition" paper presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Montreal Canada, March 16- 19, 2011. "Political Capacity, Leadership, and Regional Integration in Europe" paper presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Montreal Canada, March 16- 19, 2011. “Boiling the Frog: AKP, Secularism and Turkey” paper presented at the Third Annual Conference of ASMEA in Washington, DC, November 4-6, 2010. “The potential role of unified Cyprus in the development and execution of ESDP / CFSP” paper presented at the EU-CEPS Conference on Cyprus in Brussels, April 6-7, 2009. A Scientific Approach to Understanding Integration,” (with Gaspare Genna and Peter Noordijk), paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in New York City, February 15-19, 2009. “Dynamics of Cultural Change: The Human Development Perspective” (with mark Abdollahian, Travis Coan, and Hana Oh) paper presented at the 2008 WISC Conference in Slovenia.

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 5 “Agent Based Analysis of the Cyprus Bargaining Space,” (with Jacek Kugler and Ahmet Sozen) paper presented at the 2008 Annual Conference of the Peace Science Society in Claremont, CA, October 23-25. “A Stranger’s Welcome: Political Attitudes and the Tolerance of Immigrants” (with Craig Carr) paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association in Boston, August 28-31, 2008. “Changing Values in Europe” (with Peter Noordijk) paper presented at the poster session on Comparative Politics at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, April 3-7, 2008. “Regional Transition and Stability in the Middle East” (with Peter Noordijk and Brian Efird) paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, California. March 26-29, 2008. “Unexpected Implications of an Expanding European Union” (with Brian Efird and Peter Noordijk), paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Chicago, February 28 – March 3, 2007. “Changing Value System in the European Union,” (with Peter Noordijk), paper presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association in Montreal, Canada. May 17-19, 2007. "Regional Integration in Europe and the Implications of an Enlarged EU on Global Power Transition" (with Brian Efird and Peter Noordijk), paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, August 31 – September 2, 2006. “Competition Among Giants” (with Brian Efird and Peter Noordijk), paper presented at the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, March 22-25 in San Diego, California. “Presidential Values and Foreign Policy Choices: Iraq Decisions Under the Bush, Clinton, and G.W. Bush Presidencies” (with Jordan Durbin), paper presented at the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, March 22-25 in San Diego, California. “A Critical Look at the Financial, Institutional, and Political Network of the Fethullah Gülen Movement” paper presented at the Conference on Islam and Politics: The Global Fethullah Gülen Movement at Indiana University, March 2, 2006. “Regional Power Transition In Europe: Implications Of Turkey’s Membership In The EU” (with Brian Efird) paper presented at the WISC 2005 Istanbul Conference in Istanbul, Turkey August 24-27. “Assessing the Cyprus bargaining Space Following EU membership,” (with Brian Efird, Jacek Kugler, Harry Anastasiou, and Ahmet Sozen), paper presented at the WISC 2005 Istanbul Conference in Istanbul, Turkey August 24-27. “Competition Among the Giants: Power Transition Analysis of US-EU v China-India Rivalry”, (with Brian Efird), paper presented at the 2005 Sixth Power Transition Conference in Carmel, California, July 9-10 July. “Power Transition Analysis of the Caucasus Region, 2010-2050” (with Brian Efird and Peter Noordijk), paper presented at the 2005Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, March 1-5, Honolulu Hawaii. “Political Economy of Financial Crisis in Turkey” (with Peter Noordijk and Hal Nelson), paper presented at the Cornell University Forum on Turkey: Modernization, Secularism, and Islam, December 5-6, 2004. “Lessons Learned from the 2001 Financial Crisis in Turkey,” (with Peter Noordijk and Hal Nelson), paper presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. September, 1-5, 2004. “A Bounded Rationality Analysis of the Cyprus Problem After the EU Membership,” (with Brian Efird and Jacek Kugler), paper presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. September, 1-5, 2004. “The Cyprus Problem: Prospects for a Settlement”, (with Jacek Kugler and Brian Efird), paper presented at the 2004 Fifth Power Transition Conference in Carmel, California, August 20- 22. “Analysis of the Bargaining Space in the Cyprus Negotiations” (with Jacek Kugler, Brian Efird, Harry Anastasiou, and Ahmet Sözen), paper presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Canada, March 17-20. “The Cyprus Problem and Prospect for a Settlement” (with Jacek Kugler, Brian Efird, Harry Anastasiou, and Ahmet Sözen), paper presented at the Conference on Cyprus sponsored by the Western Policy Center in Washington, DC, February 26, 2004.

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 6 “Micro and Macro Analysis of International Conflicts: Case Studies of Afghanistan, Iraq and Cyprus,” seminar given at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, on July 8, 2003. “Expected Utility Analysis of the Cyprus Problem,” (with Jacek Kugler, Brian Efird, Ahmet Sozen, and Harry Anastasiou) paper presented at the 2003 ISA-Budapest Conference in Budapest, Hungary, June 226-29. “Turkey: Strategic Security and Regional Conflict” paper presented at the conference on Caspian Sea Basin Security sponsored by the U.S. Army War College SSI, The National Bureau of Asian Research, Jackson School of International Studies, and the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security at the University of Washington, Seattle, April 29-30, 2003. “Copenhagen Criteria and Democratization in Turkey,” (with Ahmet Sozen), paper presented at the 2003 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Portland, Oregon, February 25 – March 1. “The Political Future of Afghanistan and Its Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy,” (with Jacek Kugler and Brian Efird), paper presented at the 2003 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Portland, Oregon, February 25 – March 1. “Political Science and Turkish Studies 1982-2002: Review of the Literature in Foreign/Security Affairs and International Political Economy” paper presented at the 20th Anniversary of the Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University, in Washington, DC, October 11-12, 2002. “The Political Future of Afghanistan, (with Jacek Kugler and Brian Efird), paper presented at the 2002 Fourth Power Transition Conference in Carmel, California, August 8-10. “The EU-Cyprus-Turkey Dilemma,” paper presented at the Workshop and Conference on the Question of Cyprus and Its Accession to the European Union, May 3-4, 2002. “Financial Crisis In Turkey: A Wakeup Call for Economic and Political Reforms,” paper presented at the 2002 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in New Orleans, March 22-28. “Political Learning in Turkish Politics: The Case of Suleyman Demirel,” paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in San Francisco, Calif., November 17-20. “The Virtue Party in Turkey: A Case Study in Political Party Adaptation,” paper presented at the Conference on Political Parties, Society, and Democracy in Turkey at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey during April 27-28, 2001. A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Cyprus Negotiations: Implications for Cyprus's Membership in the EU.” (with Ahmet Sozen), paper presented at the 2001 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Chicago, Illinois, February 20-24. “Political Party Realignment in Turkey: The Religious Parties” paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Orlando, Florida, November 24. “Political Party Realignment in Turkey: The Case of the Refah Party,” paper presented at a workshop on Elections and Political Parties in Turkey at Georgetown University, November 23, 1999. “The Current Impasse in the Cyprus Negotiations,” (with Ahmet Sozen), paper presented at the 1999 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 15-17, 1999. “Conflict, Negotiation, and the Third Party Approach to the Cyprus Conflict: A Game Theoretic Approach,” (with Joseph Hewitt), paper presented at the 1998 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 23-28, 1998. “A Comprehensive Look at the Greek-Turkish Problem on the 50th Anniversary of the Truman Doctrine.” (with Tozun Bahcheli). paper presented at the 1997 Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in San Francisco, November 21-24, 1997. “Connectivity in International Financial Markets: Issues of Risk and Regulations,” (with John Crotts II). Paper presented at the poster session of the 1997 Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association. Washington, DC, August 29-31. “A Game Theoretic Analysis of Extraordinary Agenda-Setting by the European Council.” (with David M. Wood) Paper presented at the 1997 Biennial International Conference of the European Community Studies Association in Seattle, Washington. May 28 - June 1, 1997 “Integration with Global Financial Markets and Domestic Political Reform: Comparing Poland and Turkey” (with Ahmet Sözen and Janusz Puzniak) Paper presented at the 1997 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 8-13, 1997. “A Game Theoretic Analysis of Extraordinary Agenda-Setting by the European Council” (with David M. Wood) Paper prepared for presentation at the 1997 European Communities Studies Association (ECSA) in Seattle, WA, May 29 - June 1, 1997.

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 7 “The European Council as the European Union’s ‘Extraordinary Agenda-Setter’” (with David Wood) Paper presented at the poster session of the 1996 Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, August 29-September 1, 1996 “Integration with Global Financial Markets and Domestic Political Reform: The Turkish Experience, 1980-1996.” Paper presented at the conference on International Political Economy: Politics of Open Economies, at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 5-6, 1996 "The Political Economy of Economic Liberalism via IMF-Sponsored Austerity Policies in Mexico and Turkey." (with Lilian Barria) Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois, August 31 - September 3. "The European Court of Justice Decision on European Union Trade with Northern Cyprus: Implications for the Cyprus Conflict." (with Hasan Ali Biçak) Paper presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, Illinois. August 31 - September 3. Chair of the panel on “Change in Turkish Foreign Policy,” at the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, March 22-25 in San Diego, California. Chair of the panel on “New Directions in Power Transition Theory,” at the 2005 WISC Istanbul Conference, August 24-27. Chair of the panel on “Responding to the Market: Budgetary and Financial Sector Reform in Comparative Perspective” at the 2004 Western Political Science Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 11-14. Chair of the panel on “Politics of Economic Adjustment,” at the 1997 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 8-13, 1997. Chair of the panel on “Institutions, Politics, and Policies in the European Union,” at the 1997 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 8-13, 1997. Chair of the panel on “The Role of Norms, Ideas and Ideology in International Relations,” at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, March 14-16 Chair of the panel on "European Development and Integration," at the 1995 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 6-8, 1995.

Panel Discussant (selected): Discussant on the Roundtable Discussion on “Faraway So Close: An Endgame in the Cyprus Negotiations,” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. Discussant on the Roundtable Discussion on “The Shift in Turkish Foreign Policy: Rules, Norms, and Power Structures,” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. Discussant on the panel on “Local Attitudes Towards Refugees,” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. Discussant on the panel on “EU and Different Aspects of Security,” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. Discussant of the panel on “Debating Change in Turkish foreign Policy within the Changing Geopolitics of Turkey’s Neighborhood,” at the 2017 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, in Baltimore, February 22-26. Discussant on the panel on “The Role of the EU in Peace Promotion” at the 2016 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Atlanta, March 16-19. Discussant on the panel on “Interregional Challenges in the Southeastern Asia” at the 2015 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in New Orleans, February 17- 22. Discussant on the panel on “New Directions in Turkish Foreign Policy” at the 2014 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Toronto, Canada, March 26-30. Discussant on the panel on the panel on “Turkey and the European Union,” at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, San Diego, California, April 1-4, 2012. Discussant on a roundtable on “Change and Continuity in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey as a Rising Regional Actor in the Middle East” at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Diego, California, April 1041, 2012. Discussant on a Roundtable panel on “Where is Turkey Going?” at the 2011 Annual Conference of ASMEA, Washington DC, November 4, 2011. Discussant on a panel on "Cyprus Negotiations" at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Montreal Canada, March 16-19, 2011.

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 8 Discussant on a panel on "Turkey-European Union relations at a Crossroads?" at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Montreal Canada, March 16-19, 2011. Discussant on a panel on “Elites, Publics, and Discourses: An Inside-Out Look at Turkish Foreign Policy” at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, California. March 26-29, 2008. Discussant on a panel on “Elites, Publics, and Discourses: An Inside-Out Look at Turkish Foreign Policy” at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, California. March 26-29, 2008. Discussant on a panel on “Comparative Foreign Policy in the Middle East and Europe” at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, California. March 26-29, 2008. Discussant on a roundtable discussion panel of the “ISA Journal Editors” at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, California. March 26- 29, 2008. Discussant on a roundtable discussion panel of the “ISA Journal Editors” at the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Chicago, February 28 – March 3, 2007. Discussant on a roundtable discussion panel of the “ISA Journal Editors” at the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, March 22-25 in San Diego, California. Discussant on a panel on “Change in Turkish Foreign Policy,” at the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, March 22-25 in San Diego, California. Discussant on a panel on” The Impact of the JDP (AKP) on the Turkish Political System” at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in San Francisco, CA, November 20-23. Discussant on a panel on “Responding to the Market: Budgetary and Financial Sector Reform in Comparative Perspective” at the 2004 Western Political Science Association Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 11-14. Discussant on a Round Table Discussion Panel on “International Terrorism” at the 2003 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Portland, Oregon, February 25 – March 1. Discussant on a Round Table Discussion Panel on the “Cyprus Problem,” at the 2003 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Portland, Oregon, February 25 – March 1. Discussant at a conference on Politics and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, January 28, 2003. Discussant on a panel on “Elections and Political Change in Turkey,” at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, DC. November 22, 1999. Discussant on a panel on “Developing Countries in the International Political Economy,” at the 1999 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, April 15-17, 1999. Discussant on a round table panel on “The State of Turkish Studies,” at the 1997 Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in San Francisco, November 21-24, 1997. Discussant of the panel on “Turkey’s Foreign Policy,” at the 1996 Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Providence, Rhode Island, November 18-21.

Panel Chair (selected) Chair of the Roundtable Discussion on “Faraway So Close: An Endgame in the Cyprus Negotiations,” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. Chair of the Roundtable Discussion on “The Shift in Turkish Foreign Policy: Rules, Norms, and Power Structures,” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, CA, April 3-7. Chair of the panel on “Public Opinion, Trust and the Future of the European Union” at the 2017 Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association in Miami, FL, May 4-7. Chair of the Roundtable on “Turkey” at the 2016 Annual Conference of Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa, in Washington DC, October 27-29. Chair of the panel “PDG Distinguished Scholar Panel in Honor of Nazli Choucri,” at the 2016 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Atlanta, March 16-19. Chair of the panel on “Interregional Challenges in the Southeastern Asia” at the 2015 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in New Orleans, February 17-22.

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 9 Chair of the panel on “Europeanization and Reform in Turkey: A Success Story of International Norm Diffusion?” at the 2013 Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in San Francisco, April 3-7. Discussant of the panel on “The Role of Norms, Ideas and Ideology in International Relations,” at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, California, March 14-16.

Other Conference Activities: Co-Organizer of the Graduate Student Conference on International Security n the 21st Century” (April 9-11, 2015) with Ashburn Institute and The Center for Turkish Studies and The Middle East Studies Center at Portland State University. Co-organizer (with Harry Anastasiou, Ronald Fisher, and Ned Lazarus) of The Multi-Track Diplomacy Workshop III – Cyprus (April 2013) at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. Chair and Organizer of the Rotary District 5100 Peace Conference, “Peace is Possible: One Community at a Time,” in Portland, Oregon, June 22-24, 2012. Co-organizer (with Harry Anastasiou) of The MultiTrack Diplomacy Symposium on Cyprus (2009 and 2011). Harry Anastasiou, Conflict Resolution faculty, and Birol Yesilada, Center for Turkish Studies faculty, led a team of internationally recognized scholars of conflict resolution and organized a Peace Symposium on Cyprus at George Mason University's ICAR Point of View International Conflict Resolution Center on Jan. 14-18. Co-organizer (with Jacek Kugler) of three linked panels on Micro and Macro theories in Power Transition for the 2005 WISC Istanbul Conference in August 24-27. Principal organizer and participant “Watershed Management Training Workshop” in Izmir Turkey, April 22-26, 2001 in collaboration and partnership with the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Regional Development Administration Ankara, TURKEY, the Aegean Free Zone Development & Operating Company İzmir, TURKEY, and the Northwest American Turkish Research Institute Portland State University Portland, USA.

Teaching, Mentoring, and Curricular Achievements

Courses Taught Advanced Political Economy Graduate Seminar Economic and Political Decision-Making Graduate Seminar European Union (Undergraduate upper division and graduate level) International Political Economy (undergraduate upper division) Politics of Reform in Emerging Markets (undergraduate upper division) Political Development in Modern Turkey (Undergraduate upper division and graduate level) Research Design (graduate level)

Graduate Students Supervised at Portland State University 14 Masters Theses, 75 MA Thesis committee member, currently advisor of 2 Masters students in Political Science. 5 Doctoral Dissertations completed, 2 Doctoral Dissertations currently supervised, served on 15 Dissertation committees, and currently advising 2 doctoral students in the PAP Program.

Curricular Development Chaired committee on program design for the PAP Doctoral Program in the Hatfield School of Government at PSU. Designed the Certificate in Contemporary Turkish Studies, Department of International and Global Studies, PSU.

New Courses Developed at PSU European Union International Political Economy Politics of Economic reform in Emerging Markets Political Development in Modern Turkey Advanced Political Economy (Graduate Seminar) Political and Economic Decision Making (Graduate Seminar)

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University Service

Portland State University Division of Political Science P&T Committee chair Faculty Search Committee Chair of Policy Committee Graduate Admission Committee

Hatfield School of Government Director Search Committee (1999 and 2016-17) Executive Committee (1999 – present) PAP Program Director (2001-2007) PAP Core Faculty Committee Futures Committee (Chair, 2015-2016) Director, Center for Turkish Studies

College of Urban and Public Affairs Center and Institute Directors Committee Member P&T Committee (2000 – 2003 and 2016-2017) CUPA Futures Committee

Department of International and Global Studies Faculty Search Committee Policy Committee European Regional Area Studies Faculty Advisor Middle East Area Studies Faculty Advisor

University Level Faculty Senate (2014-17) Director, The Middle East Studies Center (2014-18) PSU Strategic Plan (Global Excellence Subcommittee) Chair, Review Committee for Conflict Resolution Program Global Excellence Committee Survey of PSU Faculty and students working in international fields (2010) Led PSU efforts to sign MOUs with five universities in Turkey for dual B.A. 2+2 degree and 3+1+1 expedited Masters degree programs (2014). Chaired program review of the Conflict Resolution Program (2005)

University of Missouri-Columbia Academic Programs Developed at the University of Missouri-Columbia: Established the European Union Research Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia funded by the EU Commission and the University of Missouri (1998). Agreement between the departments of Political Science of MU and UMSL to collaborate in graduate and undergraduate education and faculty research. Agreement between the Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia and the Department of History and Political Science, University of Missouri-Rolla to enable the undergraduates at Rolla to receive BA degrees from the Columbia campus Decision-Making Summer Program (graduate level), interdisciplinary seminars comprising faculty/curriculum from departments in Arts and Science, College of Engineering, and School of Agriculture AB in Political Science with emphasis in International Relations. Joint BA Degree in International Business between the Arts and Science College and the School of Business and Public Administration European Studies Degree Program under the BA/International Studies Program in the College of Arts and Science

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 11 Professionally-Related Service Invited Policy Consultant The U.S. State Department, The U.S. Defense Department, The National Intelligence Council, The Council on Foreign Relations, the EU Commission, The World Bank. Chief advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Donald Bandler (2000-2003) Advisor to Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke (1997-98) Invited to participate in a conference workshop at RAND on Politics and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan on January 28, 2003. The participants were invited by the White House and the final report was presented to President Hamid Karzai by President Bush at a White House Ceremony.

Private Sector Consulting: Barclays Capital, Booz Allen Hamilton, Nathan Associates, the RAND Corporation.

Media Interviews OPB, NPR, BBC, New Zealand Radio, Voice of America (Turkish Program), Deutsche Welle, KGW (Portland), KATU (Portland).

Service to Professional Associations International Studies Association Governing Council (2004-2010 and 2014-2016) Nominating Committee of International Studies Association (2014-2017, chair of 2017) Chair of the Political Demography and Geography Section of the International Studies Association (2014-2016) Publications Committee of International Studies Association (2004-2009) Chair of the Public Opinion and Participation Interest Section of the European Union Studies Association (2015-2017). Member of the Board, Transresearch Consortium Member of the Board, Center for Sustainable Peace and Democratic Development (Belgium) Member of the Governing Board, Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University (2015- 2018). Member of the Advisory Board, Center for for Strategic Research and Analysis, United Kingdom (2008-present) Associate Member of the Board of Directors, Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University (1995-2008)

Journal Editorial Boards Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Studies Perspectives (2004 – 2010) Associate editor, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (2003 – 2006) Editorial Review Board, Turkish Studies Editorial Review Board, International Studies Perspectives (2010-present) Editorial Review Board. International Journal of Economics and Policy. Editorial Review Board, Journal of Cyprus Studies Editorial Review Board, Istanbul Stock Exchange Research Publications. Editorial Review Board, Turkish Economic Review Editorial Review Board, Journal of Economics Library Editorial Review Board, Journal of Economics and Political Economy Editorial Review Board, Journal of Economic and Social Thought Editorial Review Board, Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences Editorial Review Board, International Political Sociology (2006-2015) Editorial Review Board, International Studies Quarterly (2005-2014) Editorial Review Board, International Studies Review (2005-2010) Editorial Review Board, Foreign Policy Analysis (2005-2010) Editorial Review Board, The Cyprus Review (1987-98) Editorial Review Board, New Perspectives on Turkey (1987-95)

Manuscript Reviews Academic Journals American Political Science Review, Comparative Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Perspectives, International Political Sociology, International Interaction, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Political Science Quarterly, The Middle East Journal, Turkish Studies, International Journal of Turkish

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 12 Studies, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Journal of Democracy, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, International Journal.

Publishers Georgetown University Press, St. Martin’s Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, University of Penn Press, Indiana University Press, University of Utah Press, Palgrave Mcmillan, McGraw-Hill, ScottForesman/Little Brown, Choice.

Professional Memberships American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, European Union Studies Association, International Political Science Association, Turkish Studies Association, Middle East Studies, Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa.

Community Service Rotary Club of Tigard Oregon (President 2006-2007; President-elect 2005-2006; Secretary 2004-2005; Board Member 2004-2008; Foundation Board President 2004-2005 and 2011-2013; Foundation Board Member 2002-2011), Rotary District 5100: Peacebuilder Clubs Committee Co-chair (2012-present), Peace Conference Chair (2010-12), New Generations Committee Chair (2010-11), District 5100 Rotaract Chair (2006-2009).

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

Under Review NSF 1823777 An Inquiry Pending 01/17/2018 $290,355 into why Nation States Disintegrate

NSF 1756984 World Values Survey in Cyprus -Wave Pending 08/16/2017 $131,925 7 (2017-2018)

Received Dean’s Senior Faculty Scholarship Award, College of Urban and Public Affairs, PSU (2017) Fulbright Grant for “North Cyprus & Turkey in Flux” from the US Department of Education (2015-17). $85,000. Grant from the Jubitz Family Foundation for the Cyprus Diplomacy Workshop III (2013). Amount: $25,000. The Rotary Foundation ($15,000), Jubitz Family Foundation ($15,000), Individual sponsors ($60,000) for the Rotary District 5100 Peace Conference in Portland (June 2012). Grant from the Jubitz Family Foundation for the Cyprus Diplomacy Symposium (2011). Amount: $27,000. Grant (with Harry Anastasiou) from the Jubitz Family Foundation for the World Values Survey in Cyprus (2010). Amount: $17,500. Grant (with Harry Anastasiou) from the Jubitz Family Foundation for the World Values Survey in Cyprus (2006). Amount: $21,000. Hatfield School Foundation research grant (2005-2013). Amount $41,000 Endowed Professorship in Korean Studies, funded by the Korea Foundation with matching funds from the State of Missouri. Total amount: $1.1 million. Secured in June 1997. With these funds a faculty line in the department was allocated to hiring a senior professor with international stature in the field of comparative politics with an emphasis on Korea and the political economy of East Asia. Secured the establishment of the trust fund in May 1996 for the Endowed Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Politics. Total amount: $2 million. The initial agreement of interest for this endowment was signed in 1989.

Vitae/Birol Yesilada 13 European Union Commission. To establish a European Union Research Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia (1998). Amount $150,000 per year for three years (co-PI). William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (1996). A campus wide recognition awarded to ten professors annually during 1991-2000 by the Kemper Foundation. Award: $10,000 Third Prize in the TURKTRADE competition on Economic Development in Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey. Topic: “The Effects of EC Membership on Turkey’s Foreign Trade” Research Board Grant, University of Missouri System (1996): $40,631 Topic: A Two-Level Game of IMF/World Bank-Country Bargaining: The Cases of Mexico, Poland, and Turkey Purple Chalk Teaching Excellence Award, College of Arts and Science (1990-91) Fellowship from the Joint Committee on the Near and Middle East of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council (1987-88), $10,000 Topic: Macroeconomic and Behavioral Analysis of Turkey’s Integration Efforts with the European Community Fulbright scholar in Turkey (1982-83) Listed in Who’s Who in the World, (1996 – present) Listed in Who’s Who in America (1997 – present) Listed in Who’s Who in the West (2000 – present) Listed in Who’s Who in the Midwest (1994 – 2000) Listed in National Register’s Who’s Who (2004 – present) Listed in Who’s Who in American Education (2003 – present) Listed in Who’s Who in European Integration Studies (1998 – present) Listed in International Who’s Who (2004) Listed in National Register’s Who’s Who (2004) Honorary Member of the Golden Key Honor Society.

(References provided upon request)

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