Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research

CFPPR is inviting applications for its Summer 2026 Internship Program! Don't miss it! Deadline: 8 June '26 Follow our application guidelines: foreignpolicyandpeace.org/index.php/tr/s…

📢Publication Alert Our latest article named "Reframing Christian Nationalism in the U.S. through Social Change: Asabiyyah and the U.S. Nation-State’s Quest for Legitimacy" by @cigdemsofuoglu and @MehmetAkifOkur is now available online.👇 allazimuth.com/2026/05/15/ref…

📢Publication Alert! Our latest article by Gökhan Güneysu "Lethal Autonomous Weapons and the Rise of Violence without Moral Restraints" is now available online.👇 allazimuth.com/2026/05/06/let…

📢Publication Alert! Our latest article named "Transcending Postcolonial Essentialism in Global Governance: A Global IR Alternative" by @sreekumaranand7 is now available online.👇 allazimuth.com/2026/05/05/tra…

📢Publication Alert! Our latest article by @profdrmaydin and @CDizdaroglu "Disciplinary Divides and Convergences: A Comparative Look at International Relations Scholarship in Turkey and the US" is now available online.👇 allazimuth.com/2026/04/24/dis…

Many thanks to Ambassadors (Ret.) and to everyone who joined us for a lively debate.

In collaboration with @BilkentIRDept, we will host a timely debate.👇

📢New Publication! The latest article by Volkan İmamoğlu, "Economic Nationalism and the Populist Radical Right: The Cases of Alternative für Deutschland and Rassemblement National" is now available online. allazimuth.com/2026/04/02/eco…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CFPPR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Deadline: April 15th, 2026. For details👇 foreignpolicyandpeace.org/index.php/en/2…

📢New Publication! The latest article by Ersel Aydınlı, Elif Çavuşoğlu, @pelindengiz_, @onurtugrulbey, and Muhammet Furkan Küçükmeral, "The Global IR Revolution Must Start in the Graduate Classroom" is now available online. allazimuth.com/2026/03/18/the…

Haluk Özdemir's (@HalukOzdemir1) "From Bridge to Hinge: Rapprochement-Estrangement Pendulum of Turkish Foreign Policy" uncovers the logic underlying the seemingly inconsistent and erratic foreign policy behavior of countries like Turkey.

The new issue of All Azimuth has been published, featuring eight articles that explore the evolving dynamics of Turkish foreign policy and broader IR themes. allazimuth.com/issues/

Meliha Benli Altunışık's "Türkiye as a Cusp State: Conceptualization and Implementation" revisits the concept of the “Cusp State” with a specific focus on Türkiye, aiming to deepen both its theoretical and empirical relevance.

Erol Kurubaş's (@ErolKurubas) "The Logic of Foreign Policy: An Explanatory Model for Strategic Volatility in Turkish Foreign Policy Under the AKP Rule" uncovers the strategic volatility in Turkish Foreign Policy through the logic of foreign policy and the interactions among them.

📢Hiring one postdoctoral and two predoctoral researchers for the @ERC_Research Grant project #COUNSTER, each position for up to 3 years to start on May 2026. Postdoc link: stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR202… (Deadline Feb 20) Predoc link: stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR202… (Deadline March 1)

CFPPR is inviting applications for its Spring 2026 Internship Program! Don't miss it! Deadline: 20 January '26 Follow our application guidelines: foreignpolicyandpeace.org/index.php/en/i…

Thrilled to share that I have been awarded an @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant for my project, COUNSTER! Many thanks to @BilkentUniv @BilkentIRDept @BilkentTTO @Tubitak @cfppr for their great help during the submission process. I am very excited for the journey ahead! #ERCCoG

Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nden Doç. Dr. Efe Tokdemir, “Unique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance” başlıklı makalesiyle Amerikan Siyaset Bilimi Derneği (#APSA) tarafından En İyi Makale Ödülüne layık görüldü. w3.bilkent.edu.tr/www/efe-tokdem…

📢Publication Alert – A Research Article, "Conceptualizing Compartmentalization in International Relations: The Case Of Turkish Foreign Policy" by Şaban Kardaş and Bayram Sinkaya @bsinkaya is now online!👇 allazimuth.com/2025/11/26/con…

I have long regarded @all_azimuth as the leading outlet for Turkish IR, and I’m truly honored to join its Advisory Board. allazimuth.com/advisory-board/