Dr Bugra Susler

Lecturer (Teaching) in International Organisations and International Conflict and Cooperation
Room: 2.07, 36-38 Gordon Square
Email: b.susler@ucl.ac.uk
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Biography

I am Lecturer (Teaching) in International Organisations and International Conflict and Cooperation in the UCL Department of Political Science, and Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS. I hold a PhD in International Relations and an MSc in Politics and Government in the EU from London School of Economics, as well as a BSc in Politics from University of Bristol. I am the author of Turkey, the EU, and the Middle East: Foreign Policy Cooperation and the Arab Uprisings, which examines Turkish foreign policy decision-making processes regarding cooperation with the EU during the Arab uprisings.

Research

My research areas include foreign policy analysis, emerging powers, and international conflict and cooperation. 

Publications

Books

• Süsler, B. (2020) Turkey, the EU and the Middle East: Foreign Policy Cooperation and the Arab Uprisings. Abingdon, Oxon and New York: Routledge.

Journal articles

• Süsler, B. and Alden, C. (2023) ‘Turkey and African Agency: The Role of Islam and Commercialism in Turkey’s Africa Policy’, The Journal of Modern African Studies, 60(4), pp. 597–617. 

Other publications

• Süsler, B. (2022) ‘Turkey’s Involvement in the Libyan Conflict, the Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean and Drone Warfare’, LSE IDEAS.
• Süsler, B. (2019) ‘Turkey: An Emerging Middle Power in a Changing World?’, LSE IDEAS.
• Süsler, B. (2016) ‘Turkish Policy in Syria and ‘Zero Problems With Neighbours’’, LSE blog.

Teaching

I teach courses on global governance, international institutions, wars and violence, and international conflict and cooperation.