Title: Rethinking Alliances in a Cycle of Insecurity: Where Goes the Gulf Order?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Şaban Kardaş
Date: 22 October 2026
Time: 15.30
Venue: A-130
Bio:
Dr. Şaban Kardaş is a research professor and program coordinator at the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University. He has published books, articles and book chapters on Turkish domestic and foreign policies, energy policies and international security, regional security issues in the Middle East and Gulf, and has been an occasional contributor to international media. Previously he has worked at Middle East Technical University, Sakarya University, and TOBB University of Economics and Technology. 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 Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and a second master’s degree in European Studies from the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn, Germany.