Arif Bağbaşlıoğlu

He graduated in 2002 from Gazi University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations. He completed his master's degree in 2004 and his PhD in 2011, both in International Relations at the same university's Institute of Social Sciences. Between November 2005 and January 2009, he worked as a civilian international relations expert and course director at the Turkish Armed Forces' Partnership for Peace Training Center Command. From September 2012 to September 2013, he conducted postdoctoral research as a visiting scholar at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Between January 2009 and February 2019, he worked as a research assistant and faculty member at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University. From February 2019 to November 2023, he served as a faculty member and department chair in the Department of International Relations (English) at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University's Faculty of Political Sciences. He has published numerous academic works in international journals on NATO's role in international politics, American foreign policy, international security, and conflict resolution, as well as two books, one of which is an edited volume. He currently serves as a faculty member and department chair in the Department of International Relations (English) at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, İzmir Democracy University.