Asst. Prof. Shatlyk Amanov Melikşah University Tel: +90-352-2077300 Dept. of Political Science and Int'l Relations Fax: +90-352-2077349 Talas, Kayseri 38280, Turkey shatlyk@meliksah.edu.tr Academic Title: Asst. Professor, Melikşah University Sep. 2010 to present Place & Date of Birth: Dashoguz, 1977. Education Degree Department Institution Year Ph.D. International Relations Gazi University 2007 M.A. International Relations (State Scholarship) Istanbul University 2002 B.A. Public Administration (State Scholarship) A.I.B.U. (Diploma with Honor) 1999 Master's Thesis: ABD Dış Politikası ve İnsan Hakları [Rusya, Çin ve İran Örnekleri Bağlamında Konunun Değerlendirilmesi], Faculty of Political Sciences (SBF), Istanbul University. Ph.D. Dissertation: Sovyetler Birliğinin Dağılmasından sonra ABD nin Orta Asya Politikası, Department of International Relations, Social Sciences Institute, Gazi University. Research Interests Foreign Policy and Human Rights, International Organizations and Regional Integrations, Politics of Energy Resources, International Politics of Eurasia & the Middle East, some aspects of the Turkish Foreign Policy. PUBLICATIONS International Conference Proceedings Shatlyk Amanov, Multilateralism in Turkish Foreign Policy under AK Party Rule: A Bid for Regional Leadership without Any Outreach?, manuscript presented at the 13th METU Conference on International Relations, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara, 25-27 June, 2014. Shatlyk Amanov, Assessing Political Dimension of Turkey s Nuclear Power Plans: Meeting Energy Needs or Harbinger of another Nuke-State?, paper presented at the International Journal of Arts & Sciences Conference, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, June 16-19, 2014. Shatlyk Amanov, The Limits of the SCO: Rethinking the Enlargement Dilemma and Implications for Turkish Foreign Policy, paper presented at the International Conference on Economic and Social Studies (ICESoS 13), International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 10 11, 2013. Shatlyk Amanov, Dynamics of new Turkish activism in the Arab-Muslim World, King Sigismund College - Institute of International and Political Studies, Conference on Turkey and Hungary in the Geopolitical Situation of 21 st Century, Budapest, Hungary, December 7, 2012. Shatlyk Amanov, Change in the Middle East and the Turkish model: a Critique of the Past and Present, manuscript presented at the Conference of International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS), Rome, Italy, 31 October - 3 November 2011. Shatlyk Amanov, Strategic foundations of G.Berdimuhamedov s Foreign Policy: Neutrality, New Global Relations and Energy Independence, 5th Annual Symposium of the TASA Scholars Association, Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University, New York City, USA, June 24-25, 2011.
Shatlyk Amanov & Emin Emirza, Инициативы по интеграции в Евразии и Турции: исторический опыт и перспективы (Avrasya da Entegrasyon Girişimleri ve Türkiye: Tarihsel Deneyim ve Geleceğe Bakış), Беларусь Турция: пути сотрудничества, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, February 25, 2011. Shatlyk Amanov & Hüseyin Kalyoncu, Orta Asya Enerji Kaynakları ve Enerji Bağlamında ABD nin Orta Asya Politikası (Energy Resources of Central Asia and U.S. Central Asian Policy in the context of Energy), Caucasus and Central Asia in The Globalization Process - III. International Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan, October 15-17, 2010. Shatlyk Amanov, Tarafsız Devletlerin BM ye Üyeliği ve Barış Koruma Operasyonlarına Katılımı (The Membership of the Neutral States in the UN and their Participation in the Peace-keeping Operations), 1st Symposium of the Young Academicians, Symposium Papers, published by Gayeder Publications, Istanbul, May 2005. Books & Book Chapters Shatlyk Amanov, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ve Türk Dünyası: Çıkarlar ve Sorunlar Ekseninde Bölgesel Perspektifler ve Yeni Angajmanlar, to be published in 2015 (in preparation). Shatlyk Amanov, Modern Suriye nin Geçmişi ve Bugünü [Bilad-eş Şam ın Kısa Tarihi], in Modern Orta Doğu'nun Siyasi Tarihi, to be published in 2014 (forthcoming). Shatlyk Amanov, Turkey Turkmenistan Relations: Achievements, Current Issues & Challenges in the 21 st Century, in Haydar Çakmak, Mehmet Seyfettin Erol (eds.), Turkey s Relations with the Turkish Republics, Barış Kitabevi, Ankara, 2013, pp.163-188. Shatlyk Amanov, Türk Cumhuriyetleri Arasındaki Bölgesel Entegrasyon Hareketlerinin Değişen Dinamiği: Fırsatlar ve Sorunlar, TÜRKSAV Türk Dünyası 20 Yıllığı, Mehmet S. Erol, Yavuz Gürler (Eds.), Bordo Siyah Yayınları, İstanbul, 2011. Shatlyk Amanov, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri nin Orta Asya Politikaları, Gökkubbe Yayınları, Istanbul, 2007. Shatlyk Amanov, İsrail in Dış Politikası ve Orta Asya (Israel s Foreign Policy and Central Asia), in Israel in the Middle Eastern Politics, Türel Yılmaz, Mehmet Şahin, and Mesut Taştekin (eds.), Platin Yayınları, Ankara, 2005, pp.275-328. Shatlyk Amanov, Hafız Esad Dönemi Suriye Dış Politikası (Syrian Foreign Policy during the Hafiz al-asad Period), in Syria in the Middle Eastern Politics, Türel Yılmaz and Mehmet Şahin (eds.), Platin Yayınları, Ankara, 2004, pp.189-240. Refereed Journal Articles Shatlyk Amanov, Türkiye - Çin Stratejik Yakınlaşması: Batılı Müttefikler Neden Endişeli? (in preparation). Shatlyk Amanov, The SCO s Enlargement Dilemma and Turkey: Nurturing Cautious Partnership in an Uncertain Region (in submission). M.Kaplan, A.Yuvacı, and Shatlyk Amanov, "One Nation, Many Voices? External Cohesion of the Turkic Council States in the United Nations General Assembly, 1993-2011 (forthcoming). [SSCI]. Shatlyk Amanov, The Rise of Turkey in the Arab-Muslim World: a Moment or a Movement?, Geopolitics in the 21st Century Journal (Special Issue on TURKEY), Geopolitical Research Center, King Sigismund College (ZSKF), 2012.
H.Kalyoncu & Shatlyk Amanov, Orta Asya Enerji Kaynakları ve Enerji Bağlamında ABD nin Orta Asya Politikası (Energy Resources of Central Asia and U.S. Central Asian Policy in the context of Energy), Cag University Journal of Social Sciences, 7(2), 2010. Shatlyk Amanov, ABD nin Orta Asya Politikası ve Bunun Güncel Anlamı Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme, Avrasya Etüdleri, TİKA Publications (www.tika.gov.tr), Issues: 31-32, 2008. Shatlyk Amanov, ABD İnsan Hakları Politikası ve Çin: Doğu Türkistan Örneği (US Human Rights Policy and China: Eastern Turkestan Case), Avrasya Dosyası-Eurasian File (ASAM), Turkish World China Special Issue, 2006, No: 12/1. Shatlyk Amanov, Şanghay İşbirliği Örgütü: Orta Asya'ya yeni bir Demirperde mi iniyor? (Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Does New Iron Curtain fall again over Central Asia?), Stradigma-Vision Studies (Strategic & Analytical e-journal), No:11, www.stradigma.com, December 2003. Book Reviews Shatlyk Amanov, Book review of Милитаризм США: военная машина, блоки, базы и акты агрессии, eds.rudolf Fedoroviç Alekseyev, Andrey Vladimiroviç Krutskih, Aleksandr Aleksandroviç Svetlov (Moscow 1985, M.: Politizdat), in Ç.K.Ü. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (2013), 4(1): pp. 283-290. Shatlyk Amanov, Book review of The American Age: United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad since 1750, Walter LaFeber (New York: W. W. Norton, 1994), forthcoming in Balıkesir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2014. Papers presented at conferences, seminars & workshops Shatlyk Amanov, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri nin Türk Dünyası Politikaları, workshop paper presented at 2. Amasya Türk Dünyası Çalıştayı: 11 Eylül Sonrasında Türk Dünyasında Gelişmeler, 21. Yüzyıl Türkiye Enstitüsü, Amasya, October 24-26, 2014. Shatlyk Amanov, Kurucu Kavramlar Üzerinden Amerikan Dış Politikasını Okumak" (Reading U.S. Foreign Policy through the Founding Concepts), Melikşah University FEAS Seminars Series, FEAS Conference Hall, Kayseri, April 11, 2012. Shatlyk Amanov, Asya - Pasifik'teki Yeni Güç Dengeleri ve Rusya'nın Uzakdoğu Politikası (The New Balance of Power in Asia - Pacific and Russia s Far East Policy), ERUSAM Conference Erciyes University Strategic Research Center, March 01, 2012. Shatlyk Amanov, International Week Studies Business Career 2011 in Zemaitijos Kolegija (under the Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility), Rietavas, Lithuania, May 16-21, 2011. Paper presented: Kayseri and Melikşah: Mirrors to Turkey s new activism?. Shatlyk Amanov, Türki Cumhuriyetlerden Ortadoğu ya: Türk Modelinin Analizi (Analysis of the Turkish Model: from the Turkic Republics to the Middle East), Conference: Change in the Middle East and Turkey: expectations, opportunities and challenges, Melikşah Univ., Kayseri, April 07, 2011. Shatlyk Amanov, Global, bölgesel ve yerel düzeylerde küresel krizin güç dengelerine etkileri (The effects of the global crisis to the balance of powers at the global, regional and local levels), Workshop: the Global Financial Crisis and the Changing Power Balances, Stratejik Düşünce Enstitüsü, Ankara, February 3, 2011.
Other selected (non-refereed) publications & op-eds Shatlyk Amanov, 'Rusya nın Zor İmtihanı: Moskova Esed den Neden Vazgeç(e)miyor? (Russia s Tough Test: Why Moscow can t give up Assad?), USGAM (Center for International Strategy and Security Studies), July 21, 2012. Shatlyk Amanov, Rus Amerikan İlişkilerinde Pozitif Gündem Arayışı: APEC 2012 (The quest for the Positive Agenda in Russian American Relations: APEC 2012), USGAM (Center for International Strategy and Security Studies), July 06, 2012. Shatlyk Amanov, Bölgesel entegrasyonların değişen dinamiği (The changing dynamics of regional integrations), Zaman Daily, January 13, 2011. Shatlyk Amanov, Johnson Mektubu ve Inönü'nün Buna Cevabı (Johnson s Letter and Response of Inonu), Habusulu (http://www.habusulu.com), No: 34 / May 2005. Shatlyk Amanov, Hissin Doğusu ile Aklın Batısı nın Buluşamadığı Bir Coğrafya: İran (Iran: a Geography where the Sense s East could not met with the Reason s West), Zaman Daily, June 28, 2003. Shatlyk Amanov, Orta Asya Ekseninde Şanghay İşbirliği Örgütü nü Yeniden Düşünmek (Rethinking of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization within the context of Central Asia), Zaman Daily, June 7, 2003. Employment History 2012 - Vice Dean, The Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Melikşah University. 2011-2012 Erasmus Coordinator, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, Melikşah University (FEAS). 2011 - Faculty Member, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, Melikşah University (FEAS). 2010-2011 Erasmus Coordinator, Department of Business Administration, Melikşah University. 2010-2011 Faculty Member, Department of Business Administration, Melikşah University. 2007-2010 General Manager, Mineral Mining Ind. Corp., Istanbul, Turkey. 2007-2007 Lecturer, Ashgabat Business School [TBA Association, Ashgabat - Turkmenistan] Courses instructed: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law. 2004-2006 International Trade Manager, MGC Istanbul. 2002-2003 Coordinator, Department of International Organizations & Sister Cities, Directorate for Foreign Relations, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey. Recent Undergraduate Courses taught at Melikşah POLS 102 LAW 101 HUK 115 POLS 203 POLS 229 POLS 230 POLS 305 HUK 451 Introduction to International Relations Fundamentals of Law Political History (Türkçe) Issues in Global Politics Political History of Turkish Republic I Political History of Turkish Republic II Introduction to Comparative Politics Human Rights in International Relations (Türkçe)
Awards, Certificates & Scholarships Received 2013 Certificate of Attendance in UİK Güvenlik Akademisi - VIII [21. Yüzyılda Uluslararası Güvenlik International Security in the 21 st Century], 18-22 December 2013, Kartepe, Turkey. 2013 Participant in the Leonardo da Vinci Project (under Contract no. 2012-1-TR1-LEO02-37813), 08-22 June 2013, Budapest - Hungary. 2011 Certificate of Attendance in the International Week Studies Business Career 2011 in Zemaitijos Kolegija (under the Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility), Lithuania, May 16-21, 2011. 2010 Certificate of Attendance in the Seminar on Strategies for Success in the 21 st Century, organized by Melikşah University. 2010 Certificate of Attendance in the Seminar on Protocol Management and Code of Conduct in Public Life, by Nihat Aytürk [TODAİE Expert Faculty Member], Kayseri. 2008 Scholarship fully funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation for Summer Course IV, Justus Liebig University Giessen-Rauischholzhausen and Institut für Europaische Politik, Berlin, Germany. 2001 Participant in the Exchange Program organized by the CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange), Florida, USA. 2000 Recipient of State Scholarship for M.A. Degree (International Relations Department). 1999 Izzet Baysal Foundation Award for Excellence. 1999 1 st Rank Holder in the Department in University (graduated with Honour Diploma). 1995 Recipient of State Scholarship for B.A. Degree (Public Administration Department). 1995 1st Rank Holder in the High School (graduated with Honour Diploma). 1992 Ministry of Education Scholarship for the high school education abroad. 1991 High Success Diploma for the overall performance in the Secondary School. 1991 Certificate of High Success 3 rd Degree Diploma / Summer Exchange Program in Russia. 1991 2 nd Rank State Olympiad (Social Sciences / Geography), Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 1990 1 st Rank Provincial Olympiad (Social Sciences / Geography), Dashoguz, Turkmenistan. Membership in and affiliation of Scientific/Professional Organizations Center for International Strategy and Security Studies (USGAM). The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS). Journal of Economic and Social Studies (JECOSS), Member of Review Board. Nevşehir University Journal of Social Sciences, Member of Review Board. E-Academy Journal, Member of Review Board. İş te Kayseri Magazine, Member of Advisory Board. ASIAN Geographic SOCIETY AGS. Languages Native tongue: Turkmen. Fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish languages. Good knowledge of Russian language. Arabic (beginner proficient reading, ISMEK Certificate of 2010).