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Dr. Karel Franco Valansi

Research Division:

Turkey/CATS Fellow

karel.valansi@swp-berlin.org

Areas of Expertise

  • Turkey
  • Middle East
  • Turkey
  • Defence and security policy / Armed forces
  • Nato
Focus

Turkish foreign and security policy; ontological security with a focus on ontic spaces, identity, narratives and thick recognition; Turkey-Israel relations; the Israel-Palestinian Conflict; NATO; and connectivity geopolitics particularly the Middle Corridor and the East Mediterranean.

Short Curriculum Vitae

Since January 2025: Researcher at Global Academy, Istanbul; Coordinator of the Political Psychology Research Hub; Assistant Editor at Global Panorama.

February 2021–June 2026: Lecturer in International Relations at Istanbul Kültür University, teaching courses on foreign policy, Middle East politics, and politics and media.

2015–2023: Political columnist at T24; 2003–2024: Political columnist and news editor at Şalom newspaper.

2017–2025: PhD in International Relations, Kadir Has University, Istanbul. Dissertation: Ontological Security and Israel’s Search for ‘Thick’ Recognition.