Kadir Üstün
General Coordinator, Washington DC
Kadir Ustun is the Executive Director at the SETA Foundation at Washington, D.C. He also serves as an Assistant Editor of Insight Turkey, an academic journal published by the SETA Foundation. Dr. Ustun holds a PhD in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies from Columbia University and a Masters degree in History from Bilkent University. He has contributed to various SETA reports and his writings have appeared in various publications such as Insight Turkey, Al Jazeera English, Daily Sabah, Hurriyet Daily News, Mediterranean Quarterly, and Cairo Review of Global Affairs among others. He is also co-editor of edited volumes History, Politics and Foreign Policy in Turkey, Change and Adaptation in Turkish Foreign Policy, and Politics and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
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News‘US should work with Turkey’ for stability in Syria
Experts from Ankara-based think-tank say Turkish-US relations should be put back on track for sustainable peace in Syria
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NewsPerspective: The Operation Olive Branch and the US Policy...
What are the policy divergences between Turkey and the US in Syria? What is the US policy to stabilize Syria after the demise of ISIS? How will the Afrin operation influence US-Turkey relations?
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AnalysisTurkey-KRG Relationship: Mutual Interests, Geopolitical Challenges
This analysis outlines the main drivers of the relationship between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
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AnalysisEU-Turkey Refugee Agreement: Too Big to Fail
The analysis outlines the process through which the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan (JAP) on refugees came into being and examines the impact of the agreement, including its challenges and successes.
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Foreign PolicyThe U.S. Must Heed Turkish Concerns in Syria
If the US insists on supporting the YPG against Turkey's wishes, Syria's post-ISIL stability is going to be in peril.