Şaban Kardaş
Biography
Dr. Saban Kardas is a faculty member at the Department of International Relations at TOBB ETU. He has published scholarly articles and book chapters on Turkish domestic and foreign policies, human rights, energy policies and international security and has been an occasional contributor to Turkish and international media. He is assistant editor to the quarterly journal Perceptions and writes analyses for the GMF’s On Turkey series. He has taught classes at Diplomacy Academy, Sakarya University, Police Academy and Turkish Military Academy. He received his doctoral degree in political science from the University of Utah. Dr. Kardas also holds a master’s degree in international relations from the METU in Ankara, and a second master’s degree in European Studies from the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn, Germany.
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Mosul Operation and Rising Risks
It has been two weeks since the outbreak of the Mosul Operation; the most critical step in the military fight against ISIS in Iraq. In the...
The Middle East on the threshold of the second disintegration in the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
In the 100thanniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the Middle East is going through a spiral of conflict and instability.The order created by this...
Between a Hard Place and the United States: Turkey’s Syria Policy Ahead of the Geneva Talks
Dilemmas: Principled Position vs. Political Reality
Turkey has suffered greatly from the international community’s inability to end the Syrian c...
Living with an expansionist Russia
Turkey’s downing of the Russian jet over the violation of its airspace invites us to rethink the basic parameters of Ankara’s relations with Moscow. T...
Fight Against Double Terrorism, NATO and Turkish Foreign Policy
Heated debate about Turkey’s call for an emergency NATO Council meeting in the framework of the Article 4 of Washington Treaty disappeared c...
Moving Beyond the Dynamic Stalemate in Syria
In the initial phases of the Syrian war defections from the regime and the growing power of the opposition shaped the broad parameters of the crisis....
Turkey and Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Cautious Optimism
A final agreement after the nuclear negotiations will be a groundbreaking development that will pave the way for radical transformation of the...
Ankara’s ISIS Plan is Centered on Syria
Turkey found confronted a new set of dilemmas after ISIS offensive became a hot topic in international arena and the international coalition led by...
Is Turkey's Long Game in Iraq a Success?*
Turkey's difficult relationship with Iraq's outgoing prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, figured widely in discussions on its Middle East...
AK Party, West and Liberals: Time for rethinking
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) relationship to the West and the Western debate on Turkey under the AK Party has hardly had a lin...
Turkey Navigates Iraq in the New Middle East
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) gains have put the impending political crisis in Iraq on international agenda. Turkey has also found...
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Preliminary Reflections on Turkey’s Policy
The unfolding crisis sparked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea has raised many questions. Participants at the GMF’s ninth Trilateral Strategy Group, he...
Arab Spring: Three Years Later
With its third year over, the Arab Spring is increasingly viewed in security-centric terms. The initial prognoses for democratization have given way...
Mosul Operation and Rising Risks
It has been two weeks since the outbreak of the Mosul Operation; the most critical step in the military fight against ISIS in Iraq. In the...
The Middle East on the threshold of the second disintegration in the 100th anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
In the 100thanniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the Middle East is going through a spiral of conflict and instability.The order created by this...
Between a Hard Place and the United States: Turkey’s Syria Policy Ahead of the Geneva Talks
Dilemmas: Principled Position vs. Political Reality Turkey has suffered greatly from the international community’s inability to end the Syrian c...
Living with an expansionist Russia
Turkey’s downing of the Russian jet over the violation of its airspace invites us to rethink the basic parameters of Ankara’s relations with Moscow. T...
Fight Against Double Terrorism, NATO and Turkish Foreign Policy
Heated debate about Turkey’s call for an emergency NATO Council meeting in the framework of the Article 4 of Washington Treaty disappeared c...
Moving Beyond the Dynamic Stalemate in Syria
In the initial phases of the Syrian war defections from the regime and the growing power of the opposition shaped the broad parameters of the crisis....
Turkey and Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Cautious Optimism
A final agreement after the nuclear negotiations will be a groundbreaking development that will pave the way for radical transformation of the...
Ankara’s ISIS Plan is Centered on Syria
Turkey found confronted a new set of dilemmas after ISIS offensive became a hot topic in international arena and the international coalition led by...
Is Turkey's Long Game in Iraq a Success?*
Turkey's difficult relationship with Iraq's outgoing prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, figured widely in discussions on its Middle East...
AK Party, West and Liberals: Time for rethinking
Turkey’s Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) relationship to the West and the Western debate on Turkey under the AK Party has hardly had a lin...
Turkey Navigates Iraq in the New Middle East
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) gains have put the impending political crisis in Iraq on international agenda. Turkey has also found...
The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Preliminary Reflections on Turkey’s Policy
The unfolding crisis sparked by Russia’s annexation of Crimea has raised many questions. Participants at the GMF’s ninth Trilateral Strategy Group, he...
