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Muhammed Nazmul Islam
Associate Professor

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science,
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye, June 2024- Ongoing

Muhammed Nazmul Islam is a Bangladeshi-Turkish political scientist. He currently serving as the Head of Türkiye, Asia, and Indo-Pacific Studies (TAIPS) at the Institute for International Relations and Strategic Research (ULİSA) at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU), Türkiye. He also holds the position of Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the university. Additionally, he serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication Studies, Ankara University, Türkiye. In August 2021, he was appointed to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Turkish Parliament (TBMM) as a Special Advisor (Asia-Pacific Region) of the Foreign Relations and Protocol Department.

His work has focused on international relations and IR theories, and has made contributions to a wide range of topics in emerging and rising powers soft strategy, great power strategic competition, soft power, public diplomacy, Asian politics, media, communication and conflict resolution. Additionally, he developed the concepts of “power of bonding” and is one of the great contributors in “non-western international relations theory” and “non-western soft power strategy”. He is one of the critics of Joseph S. Nye’s theory of soft power.

Islam’s areas of specialization and teaching expertise include Research in Politics, Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, Asia and Indo-Pacific Strategy, Theories of International Relations, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Political Communication, Policy and Politics of Human-Robotics Interaction, and World Politics. His primary research interests revolve around the policies, politics, and foreign policies of middle and emerging powers in the changing international politics.

Education

Diploma in English for Speakers for Other Language, Institute of Modern Language (IML)

University of Dhaka, 2011

Diploma in Turkish Language (TOMER)

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, 2015-2016

Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Peace and Conflict Studies (International Relations),

University of Dhaka, 2013 (CGPA 3.76 out of 4), 2009-2013 (Summa cum laude) Thesis title: Media as a Mode of Conflict Prevention and Established Peace: An Introspective Case Study on the SocioPolitical Development of Bangladesh Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam

Master of Social Science (MSS) in Peace and Conflict Studies (International Relations)

University of Dhaka, 2015 (CGPA 3.69 out of 4), 2014-2015 (Summa cum laude) Thesis title: Prehistoric Arab-Israel Conflicts and Myriad Factors: A Critique to the Contrivances of Optimistic Conflict Resolution Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam

Master of Science (MS) in the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Conflict Analysis and Resolution Program

George Mason University, USA (Coursework-2021)

Master of Laws (LLM) in the Faculty of Law and Economics, Department of European and International Law with First Class Honours

Europa-Institute, Saarland University, Germany, 2017-2018 Report title: The Prohibition by Saudi-Arabia for El-Al to Use its Territory for Flights to Tel Aviv from the Viewpoint of the International Treaties in this Respect and the Authorisation of Air India (March 2018) Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Andreas R. Ziegler

PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, September 2015- June 2021 (Summa cum laude) PhD Thesis Title: Culture, Politics, and Interests: Comparing China and India’s Soft Power Strategy in the Case of Pakistan and Iran Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Kudret BÜLBÜL

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Communication

Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, October 2021- September 2022 Postdoc Research Title: Emerging Power’s Foreign Policy Communication Strategy: Questing China, India, and Türkiye’s Soft Power Strategy in the Contemporary World Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Abdülrezak ALTUN

Current Profession

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science,
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Türkiye, June 2024- Ongoing

Advisor (Asia-Pacific), Foreign Relations and Protocol Department, Grand National Assembly of Türkiye- Turkish Parliament (TBMM), Ankara, Türkiye, September 2021- Ongoing

  • Developed internal policy reports on Turkey’s role concerning Rohingya
    refugees and Bangladesh
  •  Designed and prepared the declaration agenda and report of Asian
    Parliamentary Assembly (APA), 2023
  • Designed the Conference, “in Commemoration of 15 years of APA
    Achievements in Asia” at the Asian Parliamentary Assembly on 17 May
    2022
  • Designed the preliminary agenda and report of Parliamentary Union of the
    OIC Member States (PUIC), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
  • Organized and participated in several bilateral meetings of Parliamentary
    Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC)
  • Designed and prepared Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, and
    Australia (MIKTA) reports and bilateral meetings
  • Organized and participated in several bilateral meetings for D-8
    Organization for Economic Cooperation countries (Bangladesh, Egypt,
    Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey)
  • Maintained continuous communication with over 500 parliament members
    from the Asia-Pacific region
  • Since 2021, I have authored hundreds of internal reports and dealt with
    different kinds of assignments related to Asia and the Indo-Pacific region
    for the relevant department of the Turkish Parliament.

Lecturer (Adjunct), Department of Area Division, Foreign Service Institute (FSI) - United States Department of State, June 2024- Ongoing

  • Provided lectures for the newly appointed U.S. State Department’s
    diplomats in five South Asina Countries- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives,
    Nepal and Sri Lanka
  • One of my class participants, Ambassador David Meale, is set to become
    the next U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh who was Deputy Chief of
    Mission for the Embassy of the United States in Beijing
  • Apart from that at least 50 American diplomats who will be posted in
    South Asian countries have been participated in my class

Head of Türkiye, Asia, and Indo-Pacific Studies (TAIPS) and Associate Professor (Görevlendirme/Official Assignment)

Department of Security Studies, Institute for
International Relations, and Strategic Research (ULİSA), Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara,
Türkiye, January 2022- Ongoing

Adjunct Faculty (Görevlendirme/Official Assignment)

Department of Media and
Communication Studies, Faculty of Communication, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye, January 2022-
Ongoing

Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member

Journal of Humanities & Social
Sciences Communications (SSCI, & AHCI, Q1), Londra, UK

Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member

ULİSA: Journal of International
Studies, Institute for International Relations, and Strategic Research (ULİSA), Ankara Yildirim Beyazit
University, Ankara, Türkiye

Bridging East and West: Advancing Global Understanding through Non-Western Perspectives and Strategic Innovation.

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