MEHMET ZEKİ GÜNAY E-mail: zeki.gunay@altinbas.edu.tr EDUCATION Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Turkey 2009-2016, Ph.D. Qualified the Ph.D. comprehensive exam (Majors on International Relations Theories and Eurasian region, Minor on International Organizations) Dissertation: Russia s Policy on Secessionism in the United Nations Security Council Orel State University, Department of Russian Language and Literature, Orel, Russian Federation 2007-2008, Russian Language Middle East Technical University, Eurasian Studies, Ankara, Turkey 2005-2008, M.A. Thesis: Parties of Power in Post-Soviet Russia (1991-2008) Bilkent University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Turkey 2000-2004, B.A. WORK EXPERIENCE Assist. Prof. Dr., September 2017 - Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of International Relations Altınbaş University Assist. Prof. Dr., September 2016-September 2017 Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and International Relations Istanbul Aydın University Research Assistant, December 2010- September 2014 Graduate School of Social Sciences Middle East Technical University Responsibilities: Ph.D. Program in Area Studies, Faculty Development Project (ÖYP), international students. Project Assistant, October 2009- December 2010 Center for European Studies (CES) Middle East Technical University 1
Contributed to the implementation of: EU Commission, Action SSH 2007 4.3.2 of the 7 th Framework Programme, The EU and sub-regional multilateralism in Europe s sea basins: Neighbourhood, enlargement and multilateral co-operation (EU4SEAS) Promotion of the Civil Society Dialogue Between EU and Turkey, Universities Grant Scheme, Strengthening and Integrating Academic Networks (SInAN) IPA Information and Communication Programme, Support for actions promoting a better informed public debate about EU Enlargement, Mobilizing Local Networks for a Better Informed Dialogue on Turkey s Accession to the EU (ACCESS-TR) Lifelong Learning Programme, Jean Monnet Programme, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at METU Trainee, October 2005- February 2006 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Ankara Trainee, July 2003- August 2003 Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), Ankara Trainee, June 2003- July 2003 Foreign Policy Institute, Ankara Trainee, September 2002- October 2002 HalkBank, Istanbul PUBLICATIONS Articles in Journals and Books: The United Nations Security Council and Post-2014 Afghanistan, Caucasus International, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2013): 135-149. Russia s Central Asia Policy under Boris Yeltsin, Journal of Eurasian Studies (AVİD), Vol. 2, No. 1 (2013): 85-113. Cross Border Cooperation in the Black Sea: The Need for a New Regional Framework, in Reinvegorating Cross Border Cooperation in Black Sea Region: Visions for Future, ed. Kornely Kakachia (Tbilisi: Universal Publishing, 2012) Yeltsin s Influence on the Failures of Russia s Choice Party and Our Home is Russia Party, Beykent University Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, (2009): 66-82. 2
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS Russia s Soft Power Strategy: The Russian World. Presented at The 9 th Uludag Congress on International Relations: Crisis and Change in World Politics, 23-24 October 2017, Bursa, Turkey. Problems of Eurasian Union in the Context of Turkey-Russia Relations. Presented at Istanbul Aydın University, 10 May 2017, Istanbul-Turkey. Russia s Policy on Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the UNSC. Presented at The 5 th Blue Black Sea International Congress, 12-13 December 2016, Istanbul-Turkey. (Abstract printed in the Congress Book) Positions of Russia, Ukraine and Turkey on the Crimean Issue and the Crimean Tatars before and after 2014. Presented at The International Conference on Ukraine, Turkey and the European Security, The Center for Area Studies, METU, 1 July 2016, Ankara- Turkey. Russia s Crimea Policy in the United Nations Security Council. Presented at The 3 rd Annual Conference on Eurasian Politics & Society (IEPAS2016): The post-soviet Eurasian Space in the 25 th Year of Independence, 2-3 June 2016, Istanbul-Turkey. The Evolution of Russia s Ukraine Policy Since 2000. Presented at The 2 nd Annual International Conference on Social Sciences (AICSS 2016), 2-4 June 2016, Istanbul- Turkey. (Abstract printed in the Congress Book) International Relations and Eurasian Studies. Presented at The 14 th METU Conference on Area Studies and International Relations: Intersecting Dimensions, 17-19 June 2015, Ankara-Turkey. Russia s Syria Policy at the UN Security Council. Presented at The Fourth World Congress for Middle East Studies (WOCMES), 18-22 August 2014, Ankara-Turkey. (Abstract printed in the Congress Book) IR Studies in Post-Soviet Russia. Presented at The 13 th METU Conference on International Relations: Multiple Paradigms Multiple Worlds, 25-27 June 2014, Ankara- Turkey. The United Nations Security Council and Afghanistan s Security since 2001. Presented at International Workshop on Afghanistan s Security after 2014: Domestic and Regional Dimensions, 20 July 2013, Ankara-Turkey. China in the United Nations Security Council: Afghanistan s Security since the 1990s. Presented at 7 th Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA) Annual Congress, 25-26 October 2013, Ankara-Turkey. (Abstract printed in the Congress Book) 3
Russia, the EU and the Common Neighborhood in the Black Sea Region. Presented at International conference - Russia and the EU: the future of Europe and Eurasia, 15-16 April 2013, Moscow-Russia. Russia s Central Asia Policy Since 2000. Presented at The First International Security and Strategic Studies Congress - Turkey and Eurasia Relations, 22 March 2013, Istanbul- Turkey. (Full-paper printed in the Congress Book) Cross Border Cooperation in the Black Sea: The Need for a New Regional Framework. Presented at the Summer School on Cross Border Cooperation in Black Sea Region, 10-14 June 2012, Batumi, Georgia. (Full-paper printed) AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Travel grant for the seminar The political system of the EU strategic and conceptual approaches: Europe at Work, Brussels, Belgium, 2-4 June 2010 Scholarship for studying Russian language, Orel State University, Orel, Russian Federation, September 2007- May 2008 Scholarship for summer courses on Romanian language, culture and civilization, Timişoara, Romania, 21 August - 9 September 2006 Scholarship for summer courses on intensive Danish Course, Roskilde, Denmark, 1-19 August 2005 Honour Certificate, Bilkent University, 2003-2004 Fall Semester Honour Certificate, Bilkent University, 2003-2004 Spring Semester High Honour Certificate, Bilkent University, 2002-2003 Spring Semester High Honour Certificate, Bilkent University, 2001-2002 Spring Semester LANGUAGES Turkish (Native) English (Full professional proficiency) Russian (Working proficiency) German (Elementary proficiency) MA THESIS SUPERVISED Yerkebulan Sapiyev, Kazakhstan s Role In Strengthenıng The Turkic Council And Regional Cooperation In Central Asia, July 2017. 4
COURSES Academic Semester Course Year 2016-2017 Fall Introduction To Political Science International Organizations And World Politics Siyasetin Temel Kavramları Principles Of Research Design And Methods (MA) Spring History of Civilizations Research Methods in International Relations Russian Foreign Policy Principles of Research Design and Methods (MA) Advanced Studies on International Politics (PhD) 5