| dbo:abstract
|
- Burak Akçapar (born 1967) is a Turkish diplomat with the rank of Ambassador; columnist at Sunday Standard and the New Indian Express; Associate Professor of International Relations; and published author of three books. Currently, he is the Director General of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. Born in Istanbul. Between July 2011-January 2017 he served as the Ambassador of Turkey to India, Nepal, and Maldives. Former posts included: Deputy Political Director General for South Asia at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairsand Turkey's representative to the International Contact Group on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Other previous postings included: Twice the Head of Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, the Deputy Head of Mission of the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., recipient in 2002 of NATO Secretary General's Award for Excellence for lasting contributions to the North Atlantic alliance. During his tenure at NATO, as Facilitator of the Southeast Europe Security Assistance Group, he led the efforts to promote regional cooperation among Balkan countries. Achievements included the Southeast Europe Common Assessment Paper on Regional Security Challenges and Opportunities (SEECAP) adopted by Ministers in Budapest on 29 May 2001. Other assignments included Deputy Chief of Mission in Doha, Qatar and Vice-Consul in Hamburg, Germany. Research interests include international law, law of the sea, international security and international affairs.
* Taught courses on Political Risk Assessment at TOBB ETU and on problems in international security at METU in Ankara.
* His most recent book "People's Mission to the Ottoman Empire: Dr. Ansari and the Indian Medical Mission, 1912-13" is published by the Oxford University Press in 2014. He has launched the book in 2015 at Oxford University with a lecture published by the University as a podcast.
* Previously he published an extensive study of Turkey's foreign policy and national security culture in "Turkey's New European Era" (2007, Rowman and Littlefield). Previous book: "The International Law of Conventional Arms Control in Europe" (Nomos, 1996).
* Also co-authored "The Debate on Democratization in the Broader Middle East and North Africa" (2004, Tesev). Other publications include among others "PfP as an Agent of Continuity and Change in the Euro-Atlantic Region" (in Gustav Schmidt ed. A History of Nato, 2001, Palgrave) and "Turkey's EU Accession" (2006, Yale Journal of International Relations) as well as "The Mutual Existence of Nascent and Senescent World Orders" (2009, Portland State University). (en)
|