1. Oğuz DİLEK
2000 West 92nd Avenue 602
Federal Heights
Colorado/80260
oguzdilek1978@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. International Relations Keele University 2008
M.Res.International Relations Keele University 2004
BA International Relations Ankara University 2003
Appointment and Positions
Departmental Chair, Department of International Relations, Zirve University, Gaziantep, 2015
Assoc. Prof. Dr., Department of International Relations, Zirve University, Gaziantep, 2014
Assist. Prof., Department of International Relations, Zirve University, Gaziantep, 2012
Assist. Prof., Department of International Relations, Çağ University, Mersin, 2009-2011
Teaching Assist., Department of International Relations, Keele University, the UK, 2007-2008
Thesis
The Political Economy of Post-Cold War US Global Strategy in the ‘Greater’ Middle East. Keele University.
UK. 2008. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bülent Gökay.

2. Research Interests
 International Political Economy
 Theories of Political Economy
 Critical Geopolitics
 Eurasian Politics
Teaching Experience (Last Two Years)
 Theories of International Relations
 International Political Economy
 State and IR Theories
 Globalization and State
 Comparative Political Economy
Publications
Journal Articles
Oğuz Dilek ve Emre İşeri, “Turkey’s Regional Powerhood within Middle East Regional (In)Security Complex:
Transformation from a Conflict-Ridden Environment into a Security Community (?),” Journal of
Regional Security. (Forthcoming).
Oğuz Dilek, “The Demise of Authoritarian Bargain,” Insight Turkey (Special Issue: What is New in the New
Middle East), Vol. 17, No.3, 2015, pp. 85-108.
Oğuz Dilek, “Constructing Security and Community in the Middle East: A Security Community Approach to
the Structure and Agents of the Arab Spring,” Journal of International Relations, Vol. 11, No. 42, 2014,
pp. 51-75 (SSCI).
Emre İşeri and Oğuz Dilek, “The Limitations of Turkey’s Foreign Policy Activism in the Caucasian Regional
Security Complexity,” Turkish Studies, Vol. 12, No.1, 2011, pp. 41-54 (SSCI).

3. Oğuz Dilek, “The Decline of American Hegemony, Financial Paralysis and the Ascent of China: The Political
Economy of the Present Economic Debacle,” The Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 12,
No.2, 2010, pp. 155-171 (SSCI).
Book Chapters
Oğuz Dilek ve Emre İşeri, “Waiting for (Soft-) Balancing: Turkey’s reciprocal engagement with the GCC
against Iran’s Rising Power in the post-American Iraq,” in Zeynep Özden Oktav ve Helin Sarı Ertem
(der.), GCC-Turkey Relations: Dawn of a New Era, GRC Publishing, Cambridge, 2015.
Oğuz Dilek, “Justice and Development in Turkey: The AKP’s Domestic Basis of Legitimacy,” in Fevzi Bilgin
(eds.), Turkey 2013 (Country Report), Rethink Institute, Washington DC, 2013, pp. 37-43.
Emre İşeri and Oğuz Dilek, “NATO’s New Energy Role and Turkey: Possibilities and Restraints,” in Emil
Lyutskanov ve Mila Serafimova (eds.), Energy Security in The Wider Black Sea Area: National and
Allied Approaches, IOS Press, Washington DC, 2013, pp. 25-35.
Oğuz Dilek and Emre İşeri, “Financial Marriage of Convenience between China and the US: Sustainability of
Dollar-Wall Street Regime in the post-2008 Crisis.” in Ali Serhan Koyuncugil and Nermin Ozgulbas
(eds.). Technology and Financial Crisis: Economical and Analytical Views. Pennsylvania: IGI Global.
2012 (forthcoming) (with Emre İşeri).
Other Publications
Oğuz Dilek, “Jizyah,” in Cenap Çakmak (Ed.), Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO Publishing,
New York, 2016.
Oğuz Dilek, “Agnosticism,” in Cenap Çakmak (Ed.), Islam: A Worldwide Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO
Publishing, New York, 2016.
Oğuz Dilek, “A Three Stage-Model to Evaluate the Maturity of Turkish Democracy,” Turkish Review,” Vol. 5,
No.1, 2015, pp. 28-32.

4. Oğuz Dilek, “Being a Foreign Student in Turkey: A Survey from Zirve University,” Turkish Review,” Cilt. 4,
No.5, 2014, pp. 542-546.
Oğuz Dilek, “Turkish Jews: Undoing the Practice of Othering,” [Book Review, My Life as a Turkish Jew:
Memoirs of the President of the Turkish Jewish Community 1989-2004, Bensiyon Pinto], Turkish Review,
Vol. 3, No.5, 2013, pp. 548-549. (EBSCO).
Oğuz Dilek, “Insulating Paradise from the Abyss: Turkey and Europe,” Turkish Review, Vol. 2, No.5, 2013, pp.
338-350. (EBSCO).
Oğuz Dilek, “The Sino-centric Faultlines of Turkish Geopolitics,” Ortadoğu Analiz, Vol. 5, No.52, 2013, pp.
24-31. (EBSCO).
Emre İşeri ve Oğuz Dilek, “The Nexus of Turkey’s Energy and Foreign Policy with Iraqi Kurdish Oil: The
Iranian Connection,” Ortadoğu Analiz, Vol. 5, No.50, 2013, pp. 25-32. (EBSCO).
Oğuz Dilek and Emre İşeri “Trading with a Virtual Neighbor: Mongolia in Turkey’s New Foreign Economic
Policy in a Polycentric World,” Bilge Strateji, Cilt. 5, No.9, 2013, pp. 45-61. (EBSCO, CIAO).
Oğuz Dilek and Emre İşeri “Beyond Turkish Model in Transforming the Penetrated Middle East: The Nexus of
Domestic Authority and International Prestige.” Ortadoğu Etütleri. Vol. 3, No.2, 2012, pp. 119-142.
Oğuz Dilek and Emre İşeri, “The US’ Tribute Order, the Oil-Dollar Link and China." 20.01.2011.
http://www.globalfaultlines .com/2011/01/the-us%E2%80%99-tribute-order-the-oil-dollar-link-and-china-
by-oguz-dilek-and-emre-iseri/ (with Emre İşeri).
Presentations /Workshops / Panel Discussions

5. “The Emerging Power Balance in West Asia,” Panel Disscussion, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,
February 3, 2016.
“Turkey and Regional Security in the Middle East,” Panel Discussion, Observer Research Foundation,
Mumbai, January 29, 2016.
“Why Life is Short, Nasty and Brutish in the MENA: Curious Case of Perpetual Disorder in the Region,” TR
Talking/ Turkey's MENA Manners, İstanbul, Kadir Has University, 2015.
“Re-reading Iran’s Nuclear Agenda: An Evolutionary Perspective,” The International Studies Association
(the ISA), New Orleans, May 23, 2015.
“The Structural Causes of Instability within the Penetrated Middle East: Enduring Rivalry of Iran-Israel,” The
International Studies Association (the ISA), San Francisco, April 4, 2013.
“Is it in the Best Interest of Iran to Develop A Nuclear Weapon?” 9. Annual Conference on Iranian Studies.
Conrad Hotel. Istanbul/Turkey. August 3, 2012.
“Turkey’s Regional Powerhood within the Middle East: Transformation from a Negative-Security Environment
into a Security Community.” Mapping the Global Faultlines: Stuctural Crisis of the World System
and Turkey. Şehir Üniversitesi. Istanbul/Turkey. May 10, 2012. (With Emre İşeri)
“Yeni Enerji Jeopolitiğinde NATO'nun Dönüşen Güvenlik Algısı ve Lizbon Zirvesi: Türkiye Boyutu.”
Türkiye’nin NATO Üyeliğinin 60. Yılı Çalıstayı. Kadir Has Üniversitesi. Cibali. İstanbul/TURKEY.
December 20, 2011. (with Emre İşeri).
“International Workshop on the Normalization Process between Turkey and Armenia: Prospects for
Revitalization.” Conrad Hotel, İstanbul/Turkey. 29-30 October 2011.
“Financial Marriage of Convenience Between China And The US: Sustainability Of Dollar-Wall Street Regime
In The Post-2008 Crisis.” World Conference on Financial Crisis and Impact (WCFC 2011). Baskent
University, Ankara/Turkey. September 28, 2011 (with Emre İşeri).
“Shift: The Rise of New Centers and the Loss of Relative Weight of the US as a Global Hegemonic Power.”
The Eighth METU Conference on International Relations: Patterns of Change in the Global
System. Ankara/TURKEY. June 2009 (with Emre İşeri).