Prof. IŞIK KUŞÇU BONNENFANT

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Biography

With over 25 years of experience, I specialize in peace and conflict studies, migration, and nation-building, contributing to the International Relations Department at Middle East Technical University. As a British Academy Newton Fellow, my work aligns with the university’s commitment to fostering global understanding and academic excellence. My research reflects my dedication to addressing critical global issues through a multidisciplinary lens, bringing unique perspectives to the academic community. At METU, I contribute to research and teaching in areas such as nation-building, the former Soviet Union region, peace and conflict studies, politics of diaspora and return migration/repatriation studies. My publications in leading journals like "International Migration," "Central Asian Survey," "International Studies Quarterly," "The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies," and "International Political Science Review," illustrate my ability to combine analytical and project management skills with a deep understanding of geopolitics. Collaborations, including my time as a visiting scholar at Harvard, have further enriched my academic and professional contributions.

Selected Publications

Long-Distance Nationalism and Peace Settlement Preferences, Işık Kuşçu Bonnenfant, Edward Morgan-Jones, Charis Psaltis, Raluca Popp, Laura Sudulich, Neophytos Loizides, Internațional Studies Quarterlyhttps://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqag008
Turkey’s Official and Public Response to the Uyghur Issue” in Rebecca Clothey and Dilmurat Mahmut (eds.) Uyghur Identity and Culture: a Global Diaspora in a Time of Crisis, London, New York: Routledge, 2024, pp.164-181. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003305576

Turkish Foreign Policy Towards Central Asia: An Unfolding of Regionalism and Soft Power, All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 12 (2), 2023: 1-24 with Hayriye Kahveci https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.1310530.

Stateless Diasporas and China’s Uyghur crisis in the 21st Century in Nükhet Sandal (ed.) The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.751.
Governing the Kazakh Diaspora: Kazakhstan’s Evolving Policies and Institutions for Kazakhs Abroad, in Ajaya K.Sahoo (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism. London, New York: Routledge, 2022, pp.307-317. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003152149
Kazakistan'ın Göç Politikaları, in Hasan Acar (ed.) Türkiye-Kazakistan İlişkileri (Ankara: Nobel Yayınları, 2021), 89-103.
Kazakistan’da Ulus ve Devlet İnşasını Güçlendirici Bir Dinamik olarak Tarih Yazımı ve Tarih Bilincini Güçlendirme Çabaları, in Cengiz Buyar (ed.) Kazakistan: Tarih, Toplum, Ekonomi, Siyaset (Bişkek: BYR Yayınları, 2021), 85-103.
Internally Displaced Persons and the Cyprus Peace Process (2020) International Political Science Review, 41:1, 1-17, with Charis Psaltis, Hüseyin Çakal and Neophythos Loizides
Constructing the Uyghur Diaspora: Identity Politics and the Transnational Uyghur Community (2018) Kurmangaliyeva Ercilasun G., Ercilasun K. (eds) The Uyghur Community. Politics and History in Central Asia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 85-103.
Changing Perception of Homeland for the Kazakh Diaspora (2016) Nationalities Papers, 44:3, 380-396.
Normative Power Europe in Central Asia: The Case of Kazakhstan (2014) Yearbook of Politics and International Relations, Vol.6, 127-154.
The Uyghur Diaspora in Cyberspace: Identity and the Homeland Cause (2014) Bilig: Türk Dünyası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Vol.69, Spring, 143-160.
The Public Debate Surrounding the Ethnic Return Migration Policy in Kazakhstan (2014) International Migration, 52: 2, 178-197.
The Origins of Uyghur Long Distance Nationalism: The First Generation Uyghur Diaspora in Turkey (2013) Orta Asya ve Kafkasya Araştırmaları (OAKA) Dergisi, 8:16, 73-94.
The Egyptian American Diaspora during and in the Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 (2012) Ortadoğu Etüdleri, 4: 1, 121-142.
Constructing the Homeland: Kazakhstan`s Discourse and Policies surrounding its Ethnic Return Migration Policy (2012) Central Asian Survey, 31: 1, 31-44.