Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, Naval War College
BOOKS:
2023. Shifting Grounds: The Social Origins of Territorial Conflict. New York: Oxford University Press.
2017. Territorial Designs and International Politics: Inside-out and Outside-in. London: Routledge (with Boaz Atzili).
ARTICLES:
2022. “Exploring the “Military Time”: Historical Timing, Civil–Military Relations, and the Military Revolution in Russia and Japan.” Global Studies Quarterly 2 (3).
2021. "Territorial Logic of the Islamic State: An Interdisciplinary Approach." Territory, Politics, Governance 9 (1): 94-110.
2018. “Nationalism and War for Territory: From ‘Divisible’ Territories to Inviolable Homelands,” Cambridge Review of International Affairs 30 (4): 368-393.
2017. Territorial Designs and International Politics: Inside-out and Outside-in. London: Routledge. (with Boaz Atzili)
2017. “Territorial Design and Grand Strategy in the Ottoman Empire,” Territory, Politics, Governance 5 (2): 158-176.
2017. “Territorial Designs and International Politics: The Diverging Constitution of Space and Boundaries,” Territory, Politics, Governance 5 (2): 115-130, with Boaz Atzili (American University).
2016. “Turkish Military as a Political Actor: Its Rise and Fall.” Middle East Policy 23 (3): 84-99, with Pelin Telseren (Brown University).
2016. “What ISIS Crisis Means for the Future of the Middle East.” Insight Turkey 18 (2): 63-84.
2015. "Triangulating Territory: A Case for Pragmatic Interaction Between Political Science, Political Geography, and Critical IR." International Theory 7 (1): 125-161. Link
2014. “Strong Armies, Slow Adaptation: Civil-Military Relations and Diffusion of Military Power.” International Security 38 (3): 117-152. Link
2013. “Making Sense of Survival: Refining the Treatment of State Preferences in Neorealist Theory.” Review of International Studies 39 (4): 1015-1037. Link
2012. “Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism.” International Studies Review 14 (4): 401- 428. Link
Non-refereed:
2015. "Bringing the 'Other' Empires Back In: The Case of the Ottoman Empire." American Political Science Association's International History and Politics Newsletter 1 (1). Link
2014. “Busting Myths: Five books on The Cuban Missile Crisis in Its Fiftieth Anniversary.” Cold War History 14 (3): 445-451. Link
2014. “Güç [Power],” in Uluslararası İlişkilere Giriş: Tarih, Teori, Kavramlar ve Konular [Introduction to International Relations: History, Theory, Concepts, and Issues] ed. by Şaban Kardaş and Ali Balcı (Istanbul: İmge). Link to book
2012. Review of Revolution and Constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire and Iran (Cambridge UP, 2011) by Nader Sohrabi. Comparative Political Studies 45 (10): 1310-1314.
2012. "Uluslararası Ilişkiler ve Din [International Relations and Religion]." Boğaziçi Üniversitesi-TÜSİAD Dış Politika Forumu Araştırma Raporu [Bogazici University - TUSIAD Foreign Policy Forum Research Report]. Link