Prof. Bülent ARAS ( Lecturer, Istanbul Technical University | Chairman of SAM )
He was graduated from Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University in 1994. He received his BA in 1996 and PhD in 1999 from the same university. In 2004, he was research scholar at Paris based European Union Institute of Security Studies. He took part in various international scientific studies related to Turkish foreign policy, security of Middle East, Asia and Africa. Dr. Aras has conducted consulting work with such organizations as Center for Turkish Asian Strategic Studies and Eurasian Center for Strategic Studies. Besides his 13 books published both in and outside of Turkey, many of his papers have been translated into Farsi, Russian and Arabic. He served as editor of Turkish Journal of International Relations. Aras started to work as lecturer in Istanbul Technical University in 2009. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Foreign Ministry’s Strategic Research Center in 2010 and has been serving as the Chairman of STRM.
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