Ali Murat Kurşun

Dr. Ali Murat Kurşun completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Marmara University in 2015, and his master's degree at the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2017 with a thesis on Middle Eastern borders. He received his Ph.D. in 2024 from the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom with his dissertation on The Middle East Regional Society and Turkey's Socialization in the Middle Eastern Regional Society. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science at Marmara University, where he also holds the position of Vice Chair of the department. His academic research and interests primarily focus on Turkish foreign policy and the Middle East regional order. In this context, focusing on Turkey's place within the global hierarchy, he analyzes how this structural positioning interacts diplomatically and strategically with the Middle Eastern sub-system. At the core of his research are the order-building processes emerging in the wake of dissolving traditional structures in the Middle East, as well as the systemic transformations of the regional architecture. Dr. Kurşun's work has been published in journals such as All Azimuth, International Politics, Third World Quarterly, and Global Politics. He has served as an editor and field editor for the Rising Powers Quarterly, Journal of Global Governance and Diplomacy, and Marmara Siyasal journals. Alongside his academic work, he publishes opinion pieces in various international media outlets.