Muhittin Ataman
Director, Foreign Policy & Editor-in-chief, Insight Turkey
Mr. Ataman graduated from the Faculty of Political Science in the Department of International Relations at Ankara University. Ataman earned his MA at Central Oklahoma University, and PhD at University of Kentucky between 1996 and 1999. He worked as an RA and a faculty member afterwards in the Department of International Relations at Abant İzzet Baysal University from 1993 until 2014. Ataman is currently a faculty member at the Faculty of Political Science in the Department of International Relations at Yıldırım Beyazıt University. Mr. Ataman worked at SETA for three years as a part-time research in Foreign Policy Research Department. Currently, he serves as SETA's Director of Education and Social Policies, and conducts academic research on Turkish Foreign Policy, the Middle East Politics and the Gulf Politics.
Directors
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OpinionThe NATO Summit and the future of transatlantic relations
It seems that Western unity has slowly shattered over the last decade with most Western or Western-dominated international organizations starting to splinter.
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OpinionForeign policy after the June 24 elections
In the post-elections era, Ankara is set to follow a multi-dimensional independent foreign policy, facing both regional and global challenges by pursuing rational steps and strategies
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OpinionThe West’s disappointment with Turkey’s democratic elections
The majority of Western media didn't only overtly support opposition groups against Erdoğan, but also mobilized all their resources to overthrow the AK Party government on Sunday
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OpinionEuropean expectations for Sunday’s elections
European states have established an anti-Erdoğan and anti-AK Party international coalition in the run up to the June 24 elections
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OpinionTrump and the erosion of American hegemony
Trump's unilateralist foreign policy is leading the U.S. down a self-destructive path while increasing the competition and tension between global powers