Curriculum Vitae
Dilaver Arıkan AÇAR, Ph.D.
1. ACADEMıC TıTLE
Assistant Professor Dilaver Arıkan AÇAR Department of International Relations.
2. CORRESPONDENCE
Postal Address: Yaşar University, Department of International Relations, Selçuk Yaşar Campus, Üniversite Caddesi No: 35-‐37, Bornova, Izmir, TURKEY, 35100.
Office: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Room: O-‐104. Office Phone: +90-‐232-‐4115000 (ext. 5649)
Fax: +90-‐232-‐4115020
E-‐mail: [email protected]
3. EDUCATıON AND DEGREES HELD
Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2008. Thesis Title: “Small State Playing the Asymmetric Game: Continuity and Change in Albanian Foreign Policy”.
Master of Science in International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2000. Thesis Title: “Albania: Anatomy of a Traumatic Transition”.
Bachelor of Science in International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1997.
Bornova Anatolian High School (BAL), Izmir, Turkey, 1992.
4. MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST
Foreign policies, Euro-‐Atlantic integration processes, transition politics and political economy of the Balkan states in general, Albania and Kosovo in particular; Small States in World Affairs; International Peacekeeping Operations; International Interventions and Post-‐conflict International Involvements of the International Community; International and European Security; Foreign Policy Discourse in Media, Turkish Foreign Policy and Afghanistan, Insurgencies and Counterinsurgency Operations.
5. COURSES THOUGHT
INRL 201 Diplomatic History.
INRL 366 International Organizations.
INRL 453 Current Issues in International Relations. INRL 458 Politics of Energy.
ITF 411 European Union and Turkey’s Foreign Trade. INRL 523 Politics of International Oil.
6. PUBLıCATıONS
September 2007: Article; Açar, Dilaver Arıkan and Rüma, İnan (2007), “External Pressure and Turkish Discourse on Recognition of the ‘Armenian Genocide’”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 449-‐465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14683850701566419
Fall 2009: Article; Yalçınkaya, Haldun and Açar, Dilaver Arıkan (2009), “NATO's Peacekeeping in Afghanistan: Expanding the Role to Counterinsurgency or Limiting It to Security Assistance”, Defence Against Terrorism Review, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 59-‐81.
Fall 2009: Article; Rüma, İnan and Açar, Dilaver Arıkan (2009), “External Pressure and Turkish Discourse on the ‘Kurdish/Democratic Initiative’”, Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, no.40, pp. 1-‐ 37.
2012: Chapter; Açar, Dilaver Arıkan ve Rüma, İnan, “Ermeni Sorununun Türk Dış Politikasına Etkisi”, Faruk Sönmezoğlu (et. al.) XXI. Yüzyılda Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012, pp. 175-‐ 203.
2012: Chapter; Açar, Dilaver Arıkan “Türkiye -‐ Arnavutluk İlişkileri”, Faruk Sönmezoğlu (et. al.) XXI. Yüzyılda Türk Dış Politikasının Analizi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012, pp. 529-‐546.
2012: Chapter; “Arnavutluk Dış Politikası”, in Şaban Çalış (ed.) Balkanlarda Siyaset, T.C. Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayını, No: 1691, Eskişehir, 2012, pp. 189-‐193.
2012 Report; Türkeş, Mustafa; Rüma, İnan; Akşit, Sait ve Açar, Dilaver Arıkan, Kriz Sarmalında Bosna-‐Hersek: “Devlet Krizi”, Dış Politika Forumu Araştırma Raporu, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi-‐TÜSİAD, DPF 2012-‐ RR 02, Kasım / November 2012.
2012 Friedrich Ebert Foundation Policy Paper: “Putting Turkish-‐Afghan Relations in Context: Continuing Turkish Presence and Support in the post-‐ISAF Period”.
Work in Progress for 2013: (with Işık Gürleyen), “Media Framings of “Arab Spring” in Turkey and their Reflections on the Turkish Foreign Policy Making”.
Work in Progress for 2013: “Being in Harmony or Taking a Separate Path?: Turkey's Foreign and Security Policies in the Context of Its Relations with the EU”. Work in Progress for 2013: “İsyancı Afganistan’a Hükümdar Olur mu? NATO’nun
Afganistan’daki Barışı Destekleme ve İsyana Karşı Koyma Harekâtları ve Türkiye’nin Rolü”.
Work in Progress for 2014: (with İnan Rüma), “Turkish-‐Israeli Relations and External Involvement: Discourses on Mavi Marmara”.
7. CONFERENCES, SEMıNARS &WORKSHOPS
November 2, 2012: Presented the co-‐authored report prepared for the Boğaziçi Üniversitesi-‐TÜSİAD Dış Politika Forumu with the title “Kriz Sarmalında Bosna-‐Hersek: “Devlet Krizi” ” with Mustafa Türkeş, İnan Rüma, Sait Akşit at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
October 8-‐9, 2012: Presented paper at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung’s “Envisioning a Secure and Independent Afghanistan Post 2014 – Perspectives and Strategies for Constructive Conflict Resolution from the Neighborhood” workshop in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with the title, “Putting Turkey’s Role in Afghanistan into Context Before and Beyond 2014: Working for Stability through ISAF and Regional Initiatives”.
October 8-‐9, 2012: Presented paper at the Hacettepe University Neighborhood Congress, “From War to Eternal Peace on the 100th Anniversary of the Balkan Wars: Good Neighborhood Relations in the Balkans”, Istanbul, Turkey; with the title “Transforming a Problem into a State: International Involvement and Existential Issues of Independent Kosovo”.
June 13-‐15, 2012: Presented paper at the The Eleventh METU Conference on International Relations: The World in Crisis at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, with the topic “Almost a Decade of Challenging Operation with ISAF: NATO’s Involvement in Afghanistan and Its Impact on the Alliance”.
March 16, 2012: Seminar Organization and Presentation without Paper: Seminar On Consolidation of Democracy in the Western Balkans, organized by Yaşar University, Turkey and Marburg University, Germany together with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Turkey Office at the Yaşar University, İzmir, Turkey. Presentation topic, “Albania’s Democratisation Process: Reproduction of Authoritarianism”. December 21-‐15, 2011: Participated Güvelik Akademisi (Security Academy) training with the
topic of “21. Yüzyılda Uluslararası Güvenlik” (Security in the 21st Century) organized by Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği (Turkish International Relations Council Association) in Ilgaz, Kastamonu, Turkey.
September 20, 2011: Lecture given on the “Peace Operations and Turkish Foreign Policy”, at the training of the civil servants working for the Turkish Prime Minister’s Office’s department responsible for the Turks living abroad (Yurtdışı Türkler ve Akraba Toplulukları Başkanlığı) at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. June 15-‐17, 2011: Presented paper at the Türkiye'nin NATO Üyeliğinin 60. Yılı Çalıştayı
(Workshop on 60th Anniversary of Turkey’s Membership to NATO), at the Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey with the topic “İsyancı Afganistan’a Hükümdar Olur Mu? NATO’nun Afganistan’daki Barışı Destekleme ve İsyana Karşı Koyma Harekâtları ve Türkiye’nin Rolü”, (NATO’s Peace Support and Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan and Turkey’s Role).
June 15-‐17, 2011: Presented paper at the The Tenth METU Conference on International Relations: Rethinking International Relations: Theory and Practice at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, with the topic “Currents of Turkish-‐Albanian Relations: Expanding Regional Influence or Attracting Support”.
May 21, 2011: Workshop Organization and Presentation without Paper: NATO Güvenlik Çalıştayı: NATO’nun Yeni Stratejik Konsepti ve Türkiye’nin Güvenliği Tartışması, (NATO Security Workshop: NATO’s New Strategic Concept and Discussing Turkey’s Security) Presentation: “İttifak Siyaseti ve Türkiye: Dış Müdahale Süreçleri ve Türkiye’nin Yaklaşımı”, (Alliance Policy and Turkey: Foreign Intervention Processes and Turkey’s Approach), Yaşar University, İzmir, Turkey. April 14-‐16, 2011: Presented paper at the Sixteenth Annual World Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, United States, with the topic “Turkish-‐Israel Relations and External Involvement: Discourses on Mavi Marmara”.
May 26, 2010: Invited Seminar: Gave seminar at the Middle East Technical University, Center for European Studies (CES), CES-‐METU Jean Monnet Center of Excellence Seminar with the topic “Small States and the Euro-‐Atlantic Integration Processes in the Western Balkans”. December 18, 2008: Invited Lecture: Took part in the training of the Turkish Military
Officers to be deployed to the International Peacekeeping Missions at the Turkish General Staff Partnership for Peace Training Center, Ankara, Turkey and lectured on “International Involvement and Lessons Learned in Kosovo”.
September 12-‐15, 2007: Presented paper at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on International Relations’ Sixth Pan-‐ European International Relations Conference: Making Sense of a Pluralist World at the University of Turin, Turin, Italy, with the topic “Small State Playing the Asymmetric Game: Evolution of Albania's Foreign Policy and Its Relations with the United States in the Post-‐ Cold War Era”.http://archive.sgir.eu/uploads/uploads/uploads/Acar-‐ DilaverArikanAcarSGIR2007PAPER.pdf
June 15-‐17, 2006: Presented paper at the Fifth METU Conference on International Relations: International Security; Old Issues and New Challenges at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, with the topic “Small State Security in the Balkans”.
July 20-‐22, 2005: Presented paper at the Warsaw East European Conference at the Warsaw University, Poland, with the topic “Continuity and Change: Turbulent Albanian Politics in Transition”.
July 2003-‐June 2004: Served as Conference Secretary and the member of the Organization Committee for the Third METU International Relations Conference on International Relations: Europe in a Changing World, May 24-‐26, 2004, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
http://www.ir.metu.edu.tr/conf2004/
April 15-‐17, 2004: Presented paper at the Ninth Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, United States, with the topic “Albania between European Integration and Bilateralism”. March 27, 2004: Gave a speech at the Balkan Turkish Youth Leaders’ Ankara Meeting,
with the topic “Intervention Processes in the Balkans” (Balkanlar’da Müdahale Süreçleri).
December 3-‐5, 2003: Presented paper at the Turkish Social Science Association’s Eighth National Social Sciences Congress (Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği 8. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi), at the Middle East Technical
Cases in East Timor and Kosovo and Their Reflections as Precedents” (Uluslararası Müdahalerde Doğu Timor ve Kosova Örnekleri ve Öncüllük Bağlamında Yansımaları).
October 11, 2003: Presented paper at the Turkish Political Science Association Graduate Conference 2003 at the Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, with the topic “Kosovo after the International Intervention”.
April 18, 2003: Made presentations with topics Global and Regional Goals, Processes and Dilemmas in the International Interventions (Uluslararası Müdahalelerde Küresel ve Bölgesel Amaçlar, Süreçler, Açmazlar) and Western Balkans in the Process of Integration with the EU: Croatia, Albania, Kosovo (AB ile Bütünleşme Sürecinde Batı Balkanlar: Hırvatistan, Arnavutluk, Kosova). And was co-‐initiator of the “Cycles of International Cooperation and the Balkans Problematique in the European Integration Process” Workshop at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Uluslararası İşbirliği Döngüleri ve Avrupa Bütünleşmesi Sürecinde Balkanlar Sorunsalı, Çalışma Toplantısı).
March 31-‐April 4, 2000: Attended to “Kosovo: Understanding Past Looking Ahead”, International Graduate Student Conference organized by Central European University and AEGEE (Association des Etats Generaux des Etudiants de l’Europe, European Student Forum) in Budapest, Hungary.
8. RESEARCH
January 2005-‐January 2006: Visiting Research Fellow at the King’s College, London; International Peace and Security Programme, Department of War Studies with Jean Monnet Scholarship.
April 24-‐ May 3, 2007: Conducted field research activity in Albania on the topic of “Challenges to Stability and Opportunities for Integration: European Union’s Approach to the Western Balkans and Its Reflections on Albania”, with the research scholarship provided by the METU Center for European Studies as part of the Comparative European Research Project (CES-‐CER) .
September 4-‐13, 2005: Conducted field research activity in Albania and reported on the topic of “Albanian Foreign Policy: Cycles of Entrapment”, as research project funded by the METU Scientific Research Project Program.
May 4-‐10, 2011: Served as an Election Observer for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Albania for the Albanian Local Elections of May 8, 2011.
July 25-‐29, 2005: Participated in the NATO-‐University of Bristol Summer School “Conflict Security and Development: NATO’s Challenge in the 21st Century” held at the Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
December 11-‐18, 2003: Served as an Election Observer as part of the accredited Middle East Technical University Election Study Group for the December 17, 2003 Parliamentary Elections of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. April-‐ May 2000: Conducted field research in Albania extending to Kosovo and
Macedonia concerning M.Sc. thesis entitled “Albania: Anatomy of a Traumatic Transition” with the scholarship provided by the Prime Ministry of Republic of Turkey, Turkish Agency for Cooperation and Development (TİKA).
March 22-‐23, 1999: Participated in the Turkish Official Delegation for the official visit of the President of the Republic of Turkey to Bulgaria with the invitation of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Süleyman Demirel.
July 1998: Participated to AEGEE (Association des Etats Generaux des Etudiants de L’Europe) Summer University Program on “National Identity and the Balkans” in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
January-‐May 1997: Assistant to Umut Foundation, Ankara, Turkey. Non-‐governmental Organization on Peace Studies.
August-‐September 1996: Internship at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Center for Strategic Research (SAM), Ankara, Turkey, August-‐September 1996. Became one of the first three interns of the first program offered to the international relations students by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Center for Strategic Research, Ankara, Turkey.
9. EMPLOYMENT
September 2010-‐ : Faculty member, Yaşar University, Department of International Relations, Izmir, Turkey.
August 30, 2008-‐ July 31, 2009: Faculty member, thought International Relations at the Turkish Military Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
September 1998-‐March 2005: Employed as Research Assistant at the Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Turkey. July 17-‐ November 30, 2004: Served as an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo Anti-‐Fraud Officer in the preparation and the execution of the October 23, 2004 Kosovo Assembly Elections in Kosovo.
July 4-‐ November 1, 2002: Served as an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo International Trainer in the preparation and the execution of the October 26, 2002 Municipal Elections in Kosovo.
July 15-‐ November 30, 2001: Served as an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Kosovo Voters Services Supervisor in the preparation of the November 17, 2001 Provisional Assembly Elections in Kosovo.
November 2000: Served as an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina International Polling Supervisor in the General Elections of Bosnia and Herzegovina. September 1998: Served as an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina International Advance Polling Supervisor in the General Elections of Bosnia-‐Herzegovina. November 1997: Served as an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina International Polling Supervisor in Croatia for the “Out of Country Voting” for the Parliamentary Elections of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
10.AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHıPS
2007 Middle East Technical University Center for European Studies Comparative European Research Project (CES-‐CER) Field Research Scholarship for conducting research in Albania in April 24-‐ May 3, 2007.
2004 Jean Monnet Scholarship Award for 2004-‐2005 academic year. 2000 Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish Agency for
Cooperation and Development (TİKA) Scholarship through the Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA) in the Middle East Technical University for research in Albania from April to May 2000 period.
11.MEMBERSHıPS
Member of the International Studies Association (ISA).
Member of the Turkish International Relations Council Association. Member of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN). Founder and Member of the Middle East Technical University Election Study Group.
12.ACADEMıC REFREE
Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi (SSCI). Perceptions.
13.LANGUAGES
