EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS    
AHMET SÖZEN

AHMET SÖZEN

 
Ahmet Sözen previously taught at Eastern Mediterranean University (North Cyprus, 1994), University of Missouri (USA, 1994-1999), Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey, 1997-98) and University of Bahçeşehir (İstanbul, Turkey, 1999-2004). Sözen was an intern at the National Security Archive, Washington DC in 1993. He served as the director of  ISTAM (Istanbul Strategic Research Center) from 2000 to 2004 and is a regular analyst of Politics Institute, Vienna. Sözen was educated on Conflict Resolution in different countries such as the US and Cyprus. He has been invited to instruct and hold seminars on Conflict Resolution in several countries. Sözen has worked on several international projects under such sponsors as TESEV ("Analysis of Annan Plan") and IMF ("Integration of Turkey with Financial Markets." He is a member of International Studies Association (ISA) and International Association for Conflict Management (IACM). Besides, he is a referee for International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Perspectives, Turkish Studies, and a reviewer for several international academic journals such as Turkish Studies and International Journal of Middle East Studies. Currently, Sözen is the Founding Director of the Cyprus Policy Center.

COURSES OFFERED 2006-2007

* IR 403 (Summer 2007)

* IR 403 (Fall 2007)

* INTL 101 (Fall 2007)
 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
“The Cyprus Impasse: And the Way Out?” in Thinking Outside the Box (Eds: Kalipso Nikolaides et al.), Oxford University Press, Oxford (Forthcoming 2007).
“Clash of Civilizations or Consensus of Civilizations: The Case of the Turkish membership of the EU” Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (Chicago, USA, 28 February-4 March 2007).
“The Annan Plan: State Succession or Continuity” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 43: 125-141, Issue 1 (January 2007) (with Kudret Özersay).
“Terrorism and the Politics of Anti-Terrorism in Turkey” in National Counter-Terrorism Strategies - Legal, Institutional, and Public Policy Dimensions in the US, UK, France, Turkey and Russia (Eds: Robert W. Orttung, Andrey Makarychev), IOS Press, Washington DC 2006, pp. 155-164.
“Changing Fundamental Principles in Turkish Foreign Policy making.” Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference (San Diego, USA, 22-25 March 2006).
“Turkish Democratization in Light of its EU Candidate Status” in The Constitution for Europe and an Enlarging Union: Union in Diversity? (Eds: Kirstyn Inglis and Andrea Ott), Europa Law Publishing, Amsterdam, 2005, pp. 279-305.
“Türkiye’de Kopenhag Kriterleri Çerçevesinde Demokratikleşme ve Türk Dış Politikasına Yansımaları” in Öğer Öktem Tanör (ed) Bülent Tanör Armağanı (İstanbul: Legal Yayıncılık, 2004). 
“Turkish Cypriot General Elections of December 2003: An Appraisal” South European Society & Politics, Vol. 9: 122-136, Issue 3 (2004) (with Ali Çarkoğlu). 
“A Model of Power Sharing in Cyprus: From the 1959 London-Zurich Agreements to the Annan Plan” Turkish Studies, Vol.5: 61-77, Issue 1 (2004).
“Emergence of Nation States and Problematic Political Concepts in Four 'Waves': From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War” METU Studies in Development, Vol. 29: 159-173, Issue 1-2 (2002). 
“Negotiating a Resolution to the Cyprus Problem: Is Potential EU Membership a Blessing or a Curse?” Journal of International Negotiation, Vol. 7: 261-285, Issue 2 (2002) (with Birol Yeşilada).
 
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EDUCATION

 

BA 1991 Boğaziçi University
MA 1993 Syracuse University
PhD 1999 University of Missouri   (Thesis)
 

RESEARCH INTEREST

 

Conflict Resolution
Foreign Policy Analysis
Strategic Decision Making
Turkish Foreign Policy
Turkey-EU Relations
Cyprus Conflict

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

 

Department of International Relations
Eastern Mediterranean University
Gazimagusa, KKTC, Mersin 10, Turkey
Office BE 162
Phone: +90 392 630 2730
E-mail: ahmet.sozen@emu.edu.tr

SÖZEN'S SUGGESTED USEFUL LINKS

 

Political Science Resources - International Relations

International Relations Resource Center

Foreign Press Review

IR Books, Journal Articles etc.

 
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