Isa Afacan Zirve University Department of International Relations FEAS Building, Office , Gaziantep, Turkey

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1 Isa Afacan Zirve University Department of International Relations FEAS Building, Office , Gaziantep, Turkey Education Ph.D. in International Relations, School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, Florida M.A. in International Relations, Fatih University, Istanbul B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara Professional Experience 2011-present: Assistant Professor of International Relations at Zirve University, Gaziantep : Director of Academic Affairs, Istanbul Center, Atlanta, GA : Political Science Instructor at TEACH, Alpharetta, GA : Instructor in the Department of International Relations at FIU, Miami, FL : Teaching Assistant at FIU, Miami, FL Teaching Experience 2011-present: Zirve University, Gaziantep, Turkey American Foreign Policy (Graduate course) Globalization of Political Economy (Graduate course) Strategic and Security Issues in World Politics International Political Economy Introduction to International Relations 2009: Mercer University, Atlanta, GA Focus on Turkey: Contemporary Issues : TEACH, Alpharetta, GA Political Science/American Government United States History : Florida International University, Miami, FL American Foreign Policy National Security and Strategic Studies International Political Economy Contemporary International Problems Introduction to International Relations World Prospects and Issues 1

2 Publications I. Articles: Turkey Discovers Sub-Saharan Africa: The Critical Role of Agents in the Construction of Turkish Foreign Policy Discourse (with Gökhan Bacık) Turkish Studies, 2013, p. The African Opening in Turkish Foreign Policy, OrtadoğuAnaliz, Volume 5, Issue 52, April 2013, p Türk Dış Politikası nda Afrika Açılımı, OrtadoğuAnaliz, Volume 4, Issue 46, October 2012, p The USCIRF on Religious Freedom in Turkey, Turkish Review, Volume 2, Issue 5, September-October 2012, p Crisis Next Door in Syria: Implications for Gaziantep and Southeastern Turkey, Sunder Business Association Reports, June II. Reviews: Getting to the Nordic Countries: Assessing Turkey s Gender Gap, Turkish Review, Volume 3, Issue 2, Mar-Apr 2013, p Critical Outlooks: Report Cards for Turkey s Democracy Deficit, Turkish Review, Volume 3, Issue 1, Jan-Feb 2013, p The Perennial Kurdish Question: Domestic and Regional Implications, Turkish Review, Volume 2, Issue 6, Nov-Dec 2012, p Syria: Russia and Iran vs. Turkey, Turkish Review, Volume 2, Issue 5, Sep-Oct 2012, p Turkish-US Relations Reconsidered, Turkish Review, Volume 2, Issue 4, Jul- Aug 2012, p Syria is not just Syria: The Nexus of Regional and Global Powers Explained, Turkish Review, Volume 2, Issue 3, May-June 2012, p The Abant Platform: The Arab Spring and Turkey s Role, Turkish Review, Volume 2, Issue 1, Jan.-Feb. 2012, p Vojtech Mastny and R. Craig Nation eds. "Turkey between East and West: New Challenges for a Rising Regional Power" (book review), Turkish Studies, Vol.2, No.1, Spring

3 III. Translations: "Avrupa Kimliği, AB Genişlemesi ve Entegrasyon/Dışlama Bağıntısı" (translation), Avrasya Dosyası, Autumn 1999,vol:5, no:4, p.6-21, (Iver B. Neumann, "European Identity, EU Expansion and Integration/Exclusion Nexus", Social Transformation & Human Governance, June-September 1998, Vol.23, no.3). "Avrupa Topluluğu'nda Yargı Politikası", (translation), Avrasya Dosyası, Autumn 1999, vol:5, no:4, p , (Karen J. Alter and Sophie Meunier Aitsahalia, "Judicial Politics in the European Community", Comparative Political Studies, January 1994). Presentations Kurds in the Post-Arab Spring Milieu: Toward the Greater Kurdistan or Divided Entities? at the Fourth Asian Conference on the Arts and Humanities, April , Osaka, Japan. Discussant/participant at the Seminar on Turkish and Norwegian approaches to the Arab Uprising, co-organized by Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Center and İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, November 1-2, 2012, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. Discussant/participant at the conference Changes in the Regional Balance of Power and Their Impact on Crisis and Conflict Management in the Middle East, co-organized by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), September 2012, Istanbul, Turkey. "Turkish Foreign Policy towards Central Asia during the AKP era" at the Central Asia in Global Affairs Roundtable Discussion at Suleyman Demirel University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 15, Towards Autonomy: Turkish-American Relations during the AKP Rule at the 53rd International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, April 1-4, 2012, San Diego, California, USA. "Turkey s New Middle East Security Concept After the Arab Spring" at Third International Symposium on Terrorism and Transnational Crime, Turkish National Police Academy, December 9-11, 2011, Antalya, Turkey. Turkish Activism in the Middle East and the Crisis in Egypt presentation in the panel discussion titled Democracy or Status Quo? Egypt and the Middle East in Transition at Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, February 15,

4 Civil-Military Relations and Democratization in Turkey and its Impact on the United States lecture presentation at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, September 24, Civil-Military Relations and Democratization in Turkey and its Impact on the United States lecture presentation at Middle Tennessee State University, (cosponsored by the University Honors College and the Middle East Center), Murfreesboro, TN, September 23, Democratization in Turkey and its Impact on the US-Turkish Relations in the Post-Cold War Era, lecture presentation at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, September 19, "Constitutional Referendum in Turkey: Effects on Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy", invited talk at the International Issues Forum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, September 16, Diasporas and Public Presence: the Politics of Memory in Jewish and Turkish Diasporas discussant for the panel at 2010 Annual Georgia Association of Historians Conference, Decatur, GA, February 19, New Activism in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey s Neighborhood Policy lecture presentation at the Study of Turkey workshop for faculty of Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, GA, January 25, Turkey s Role in Global Affairs, discussant at the round table discussion hosted by Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, September 23, Turkish-American Relations in Disarray: Iraqi War of 2003 and Beyond lecture presentation at the Middle East Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, September 3, Turkish-American Foreign Relations in the Post-Cold War Era lecture presentation at the Columbia World Affairs Council workshop, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, April 10, Awards and Achievements July 2008: Dissertation Field Research Grant, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies, Florida International University. May 2008: Dissertation Research Travel Grant, Middle East Studies Center, Florida International University. 4

5 Professional Memberships American Political Science Association (APSA) International Studies Association (ISA) 5