Autor: Sujata Ashwarya

Mujib Alam is Assistant Professor at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He holds MPhil and PhD degrees in West Asian studies, specializing in Turkish studies, from New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. Previously he completed his bachelor’s and master’s in Political Science from Utkal University and Aligarh’s Muslim University respectively. He has worked as an HERMES Post-doctoral fellow (2005-06) at the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) and Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH), Paris, France. His research specializations include contemporary Turkish politics and foreign policy, the role of military and Islam in Turkish politics and society, West Asian Politics and IR, and conflict & peace studies of West Asia. His publications include Turkey’s Multi-Regional Role in the 21st Century (edited; 2015), Turkey’s Role in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Monograph, 2005) and Global Politics of the Iraq Crises and India’s Options (co-edited; 2004).