Sedat Laçiner
Sedat Laciner, academic and author, is a Turkish academic specialist on the Middle East and International Relations, with particular reference to Turkish foreign policy. Dr. Laciner is the director of the International Strategic Research Organization (ISRO). He is a Young Global Leader 2006 (World Economic Forum).
Sedat Laciner was born in Kirikkale, Turkey, in 1972. He studied at Ankara University, the University of Sheffield and King's College London. He speaks Turkish and English.
Since 2001, he has been teaching International Relations and International Security at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University and national Police Academy Security Studies Institute, Ankara.
He is editor of the "Journal of Administrative Studies" and the "Review of International Law and Politics", as well as being a regular contributor to TRT and other Turkish TV and radio broadcasts.
He is currently Associate Professor of International Relations.
He is the author/co-author or editor of numerous books and articles, including "Iraq Global War and Turkey", "The Iraq Crisis", "Turks and Armenians", "The World and Turkey", "European Union with Turkey, Turkey's Membership's Impact on the EU", "The Armenian Diaspora" and "Britain from a Different Perspective".