Mustafa Aydın is a Turkish academic (Professor of

International Relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

), writer, columnist, TV commentator, and public intellectual. He served as the Rector of

Kadir Has University Kadir Has University (), often abbreviated as KHAS, is a private non-profit university in Fatih, Istanbul, established in 1997 by Kadir Has, the late Turkish industrialist and philanthropist.

(İstanbul, Turkey) between 2010 and 2018; and currently is the President of the International Relations Council (UIK) of Turkey.

Education

He was born in

Trabzon Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province. The city was founded in 756 BC as "Trapezous" by colonists from Miletus. It was added into the Achaemenid E ...

on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

coast of Turkey on 15 September 1967, but grew up in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

. He graduated from the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science of

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

in 1988. He did a master's degree in the field of International Relations and Strategic Studies in 1991 at

Lancaster University Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new univer ...

, UK, and obtained his PhD “Political Sciences and International Relations” in 1994 from the same university.

Career

Working as an academic member at the Faculty of Political Science of

between 1995 and 2005, Professor Aydın assumed the title of Associate Professor in 1999 and the Full Professor in 2005, and served as the founding-chair of the Program on “Global and Regional Studies”. He later held positions as the Head of the Department of International Relations at the

TOBB University of Economics and Technology TOBB University of Economics and Technology is a Private university, private Nonprofit organization, non-profit university in Ankara, Turkey. History It was established in 2003 by the :tr:Türkiye_Odalar_ve_Borsalar_Eğitim_ve_Kültür_Vakfı ...

between 2005 and 2010; Director of International Policy Research Institute (TEPAV-IPRI, Ankara) between 2005 and 2011; Co-Coordinator of the International Commission on the

; member of the Economy and Foreign Policy Study Group of the President's Office; Board Member of the strategic research centers of both the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Turkish Armed Forces; Deputy Chairperson of the International Commission of Eminent Persons on the Caucasus and Caspian (2007-2008); Alexander S. Onassis Fellow at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

(2003); Research Fellow at the EU

Institute for Security Studies The Institute for Security Studies, also known as ISS or ISS Africa (to distinguish itself from other similarly named institutes in other parts of the world), described itself as follows: "an African organisation which aims to enhance human se ...

, Paris (2003);

Fulbright Scholar The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States cultural exchange programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the peopl ...

at the

JFK School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

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(2002); and UNESCO Fellow at the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies, UK (1999).

Affiliations and memberships

He is an elected member of

European Academy of Sciences and Art The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, ) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 38 Nobel Prize Laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize, laureates. Th ...

; elected member of the Senate of the Euro-Mediterranean University; member of the Governing Council of the World Council for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES),

OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; , OCDE) is an international organization, intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and international trade, wor ...

International Management of Higher Education Program, European Leadership Network, Global Relations Forum, and International Studies Association.

Editing and writing

He is the owner and editor-in-chief of the ''Journal of International Relations'' (''Uluslararası İlişkiler'' in Turkish), and writes weekly columns for the ''

Hürriyet Daily News The ''Hürriyet Daily News'', formerly ''Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review'' and ''Turkish Daily News'', is the oldest current English-language daily in Turkey, founded in 1961. The paper was bought by the Doğan Media Group in 2001 and ...

''.

Works

Prof. Aydın's areas of interest are International Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, security issues related to Central Asia, Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Middle East, as well as Turkish foreign and security policies. Some of his works includes: * The Levant: Search for a Regional Order (2018) * Special Issue on Turkish Foreign Policy, Uluslararasi Iliskiler (International Relations), 2016 * A 2020 Vision for the Black Sea Region (With Dimitrios Triantaphyllou) * Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus (ed. 2011) * ''Central Asia in Global Politics'' (in Turkish, 2004) * ''Europe’s Next Shore; Black Sea After the Enlargement (2004)'' * ''Turkish Foreign Policy;'' ''Framework and Analysis'' (2005) * ''International Security Today;'' ''Understanding Change and Debating Security'' (ed. with K. Ifantis, 2006) * ''Turkish Foreign and Security Policy'' (ed. 2006) * ''Regional In/security: Redefining Threats and Responses'' (ed. 2007) * ''Turkey’s Eurasian Adventure'' (in Turkish, 2008) His latest articles include: * "Levantine Challenges on Turkish Foreign Policy" (with Cihan Dizdaroglu) * "Türkiye’de Uluslararası İlişkiler Akademisyenleri ve Alana Yönelik Yaklaşımları Üzerine Bir İnceleme: TRIP 2014 Sonuçları (Fulya Hisarlıoğlu ve Korhan Yazgan ile birlikte)Mustafa Aydın et al., 'Türkiye’de Uluslararası İlişkiler Akademisyenleri ve Alana Yönelik Yaklaşımları Üzerine Bir İnceleme: TRIP 2014 Sonuçları', Uluslararasi Iliskiler, Cilt 12, Sayı 48, http://www.mustafaaydin.gen.tr/c/1972/turkiyede-uluslararasi-iliskiler-akademisyenleri-ve-alana-yonelik-yaklasimlari-uzerine-bir-inceleme-trip-2014-sonuclari

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aydin, Mustafa Academic staff of Ankara University Academic staff of Kadir Has University Living people 1967 births Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey