"Mustafa Aydin, Professor of International Relations, is the Rector (President) of the Kadir Has University (Istanbul), as well as the President of the International Relations Council (UIK) of Turkey, and member of Greek-Turkish Forum. He was Co-Coordinator of the International Commission on Black Sea (2010), Deputy Chairperson of International Commission of Eminent Persons on the Caucasus and Caspian (2007); Alexander S. Onassis Fellow at the University of Athens (2003); Research Fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris (2003); Fulbright Scholar at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University (2002); and UNESCO Fellow at the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies, UK (1999). His recent work includes 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); Turkish Foreign Policy; Old Problems, new Parameters (ed. 2010); Non-Traditional Security Threats and regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus (ed. 2011)."

Theories of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis Security, Strategy, and Geopolitics Foreign and Security Policies of Turkey Politics and Security in Eurasia and the Middle East