“Binary Role Theory and the Dynamics of World Politics: Thinking Small” Speaker: Prof. Stephen G. Walker, Emeritus, Arizona State University Date: December 5, Thursday, 2024 Time: 17:30 Venue: Zoom Meeting ID: 919 470 4858

Speakers: Tuğba Bayar (Bilkent University) Burcu-Özdemir Sarıgil (TED University) Crystal Whetstone (Bilkent University) Date: Monday, 25 November, 12:30-13:30 Location: A-130

The Department of International Relations held the seminar “Orta Doğu’da Son Gelişmeler” in October. Within the seminar, Prof. Dr. Özlem Tür, Dr. Serhat Erkmen and Department Chair Prof. Dr. Özgür Özdamar discussed the latest issues in the Middle East under the moderation of Dr. Tuğba Bayar. They first emphasized the escalation of the ongoing war…

İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, in collaboration with Bilkent University’s Department of International Relations, hosted a stimulating debate featuring Prof. Ayşe Zarakol (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Ersel Aydınlı (Bilkent University). Moderated by Asst. Prof. Seçkin Köstem (Bilkent University) and titled “Pathways for Global IR,” the discussion delved into…

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Bilkent University is a beneficiary of “International Dimensions and Effects of Populism (IDEoPOP),” a HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 project funded with over € 2.4 million. Thirteen partners participate in this project that is coordinated by Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Germany. Prof. Pınar Bilgin from the Department of International Relations and Political Science and Public Administration is leading the training…

Oxford University Press has published Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939, a monograph by Asst. Prof. Sam Hirst of the Department of International Relations. Drawing on extensive archival research conducted in multiple countries, the book presents a novel interpretation of international relations in the interwar period. Whilst the Kemalists’…

Thinking Globally About World Politics: Beyond Global IR  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) Pınar Bilgin & Karen Smith This book asks what it means to think globally about world politics. In an attempt to contextualise the recent ‘globalising ‘turn’ in International Relations (IR), the book takes stock of 30 plus years of efforts at addressing IR’s Eurocentric…

On October 9, the Department of International Relations, in cooperation with Ankara Policy Center and the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, held a conference titled “Turkish Foreign Policy on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic: A Reckoning and the Future.” The conference, held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the…

The Department of International Relations organized an event in June to honor Prof. Ali Karaosmanoğlu, who served as chair of the department from 1988 to 2007. During the event, Prof. Karaosmanoğlu, Rector Kürşat Aydoğan, FEASS Dean Refet Gürkaynak, Prof. Ersel Aydınlı and IR Department Chair Özgür Özdamar gave speeches. Prof. Karaosmanoğlu expressed his gratitude to…