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Analysing the psychology of fourteen modern leaders from eight countries and three non-state organisations, Özgür Özdamar and Sercan Canbolat reconsider politics and power in the MENA region. Observing commonalities and differences between these leaders, the authors offer novel insights into their foreign policy and how best to negotiate with them.
About the author
Özgür Özdamar is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. From 2019-2020, he was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. He currently serves as Director of Research at the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Studies of Bilkent University. He has previously published two books, An Expected Utility Approach to Energy Security in Eurasia (2017) and Role Theory in the MENA (co-authored, 2019).Sercan Canbolat is a Fulbright PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Connecticut. His work has been published in International Studies Review, Political Research Quarterly, Polity and Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. For his well-received scholarly works, he was awarded the 2018 Polity Prize by the Northeastern Political Science Association and the 2020 and 2021 Margaret G. Hermann Awards by the International Studies Association.
