After he graduated from the International Relations Depatment of the Bilkent University in 1992, Mahmut Şener completed his MS on “German Ostpolitik Before and After Unification: Continuity and Change” in 1994. Having fulfilled the PH.D courses in the same Department, he has still been attending the PH.D programme at Social Sciences Institute of the Ankara University. He started his career working at the Strategic Research Center (SAM-STRM), Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1995-98; he has been working at the Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM), Ministry of National Defence since 1998. His main interests are Defence Industry Policies, Defence Industry Effects on Foreign Policy.
