Fatih Tayfur
M. Fatih Tayfur is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations at Middle East Technical University (METU).

Education

  • 1997     Ph.D., International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
  • 1989     MSc., International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  • 1986     B.A., Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical Unversity, Turkey

    • Research Interests

  • Foreign Policy Analysis
  • International Political Economy
  • Greek Politics, Economics and Foreign Policy
  • Spanish Politics, Economics and Foreign Policy
  • Decision-making Mechanisms and Processes in Turkish Foreign Policy
  • Euro-Mediterranean Partnershipand Black Sea Economic Cooperation Region
  • Cyprus Issue
  • Europeanisation and Democratisation in Turkey, Greece and Spain

    • Courses Taught

  • IR 342 Southern Europe in World Politics
  • IR 234 Introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis
  • IR 327 Decision Making and Implementation in Foreign Policy
  • IR 235 Introduction to International Political Economy
  • IR 552 International Political Economy
  • IR 556 Politics, Economics and Foreign Policy in Greece

    • Selected Publications

  • "Turkish Perceptions of Security and Migrations" in M.C. Henriques and M. Khachani (eds.) Security and Migrations in the Mediterranean, Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2006, pp. 48-54
  • "The Turkey/Greece/Cyprus Security Complex and the EU Enlargement: Implications for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Eastern Mediterranean Relations" in Greece and Turkey, EuroMesCo Papers, No. 28, March 2004, pp. 11-22.
  • "Susan Strange Goes to the Eastern Mediterranean. An Alternative Approach to an Explanation of the International Political Economy of Turkish-Greek Relations in the Eastern Mediterranean", Perceptions,Vol. VIII, No. 2, June-August 2003, pp. 111-143.
  • Semiperipheral Development and Foreign Policy. The Cases of Greece and Spain.Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003
  • "Decision-Making in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Caspian Oil Pipeline Issue" (with Korel Göymen), Middle Eastern Studies,Vol. 38, Number 2, April 2002, pp. 101-122

    • Contact

    E-mail: tayfur@metu.edu.tr
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