Transatlantic Academy selects new group of fellows to examine Turkey and its neighborhood

06/01/09

WASHINGTON -- The Transatlantic Academy announced today the selection of its second group of fellows, who will spend ten months studying "Turkey and its Neighbors: Implications for the Transatlantic Relationship."

The fellows will be in residence at the headquarters of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington, DC, which is one of the Academy's founding partners.

"We are delighted to welcome this distinguished group of policy-oriented scholars into the network of Academy fellows," said Stephen Szabo, Transatlantic Academy executive director. "Over the next year and beyond, we fully intend the Academy to be a vital center both in Washington and in Europe for serious discussion on Turkey and issues related to its changing geopolitical role."

The 2009-10 fellows and their academic fields are:

•    Ahmet Evin, EU enlargement, Sabanci University, Turkey
•    Kemal Kirisci, political science and international relations, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul
•    Ronald H. Linden, political science, University of Pittsburgh, United States
•    Nathalie Tocci, European foreign policy, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome

In addition, there will be two post-doctoral fellows:

•    Juliette Tolay-Sargnon, political science and international relations, University of Delaware, United States
•    Joshua W. Walker, politics and public policy, Princeton University, United States

Full bios are available for download here .

Their research will examine the role of Turkey in the Black Sea and Middle East, and how that will influence Western policy in those regions. Fellows will also examine perceptions of this new role by key players in the region and in the transatlantic community.

During the course of the year, fellows will contribute policy-relevant articles and papers to inform the migration debate on both sides of the Atlantic. They will also contribute to academic conferences and work together on an Academy publication at the end of their fellowship.

 

The Transatlantic Academy is an initiative of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius of Germany, the Robert Bosch Stiftung, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. In addition, the Academy has received funding from the Transatlantic Program of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany through funds of the European Recovery Program (ERP) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The Compagnia di San Paolo also joined as a financial partner in May 2009.  The Academy serves as a forum for a select group of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, and from different academic and policy disciplines, to examine a single set of issues. Working together from a transatlantic and interdisciplinary perspective, Academy fellows use research, publications, and ideas to make policy-relevant contributions to policy debates facing the transatlantic community.

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