Ersel Aydınlı is the Executive Director of the Turkish Fulbright Commission and Professor in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University in Ankara. For three years he was also Chair of the IR Department. Prior to beginning his academic career, he served as a government officer for some time in Turkey. Dr. Aydinli completed his Ph.D. at McGill University (Montreal), and a post-doctorate at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He has taught at McGill University, Middle East Technical University (Ankara), and George Washington University. For three years he was also Chair of the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University. His areas of research include international relations theory, globalization and security, terrorism, and Turkish domestic and foreign politics. He has published in such various prominent journals, such as Foreign Affairs, Journal of Peace Research, Governance, Security Dialogue, Middle East Journal, International Studies Review, and Review of International Studies. He is the author of “Emerging Transnational (In)security Governance: A Statist Transnationalist Approach” (Routledge, 2010) and the co-author (with James N. Rosenau) of “Paradigms in Transition: Globalization, Security, and the Nation State” (SUNY Press, 2005).
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