Aliyeva Altunay

ALTUNAY ILGAR KYZY ALIYEVA

Expert

EDUCATION

2007-2012 – Lomonosov MSU, School of History – Department of History of International Relations, Chair of Modern and Contemporary History of European and American Countries

2009-2011 – Lomonosov MSU, Higher School of Translation & Interpreting – Translation & Interpreting in Sphere of Professional Communications (English)

2012-2016 – Lomonosov MSU, School of World Politics – Postgraduate Studies

2011, 2013 – University of California (Irvine) – ‘Empowering Sustainability on Earth’ Summer Seminar Series

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

English, Turkish

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013 - 2016 – Lecturer - School of World Politics, MSU

2013 - 2018 – International Exchange Programs Coordinator - School of World Politics, MSU

2015 - present – Expert - Center for Security and Development Studies, School of World Politics, MSU

2017 - 2019 – Junior Research Fellow - School of World Politics, MSU

2018 - 2019 – Head of Postgraduate Studies - School of World Politics, MSU

TEACHING COURSES

“History of European and American Countries (from the Age of Discovery to the Present)” – February 2013 – June 2014

“History of International Relations (1494-1945)” – September 2013 – June 2014

“Theory of International Relations” – September 2015 – June 2016

“World History: West (Modern and Contemporary History)” – February 2016 – December 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

U.S.-Turkey relations, U.S. Middle East policy, Turkish foreign policy, developing countries in world politics, “rising powers”, international development aid, “new donors”, peacebuilding & post-conflict reconstruction, migration crisis, “Syrian refugees”, “soft power”.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

(2020) Turkey’s Assistance to Iraq after 2014: Key Determinants and Components. Moscow University Journal of World Politics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 121–149. doi: 10.48015/2076-7404-2020-12-1-121-149 (in Russian)

(2018) “Syrian Issue” in Turkish-US Relations. Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 790-805. doi: 10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-4-790-805 (in Russian)

(2018) The U.S.-Turkey ‘Model Partnership’: Testing the Limits (2009–2010). Moscow University Journal of World Politics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 41–78. (in Russian)

(2018) Syrian Refugees in Turkey’s Domestic and Foreign Policy. In Economic, Socio-Political, Ethno-Confessional Issues of Afro-Asian Countries: In Memory of L.I. Reisner. Moscow, Institute of Oriental Studies RAS, pp. 139-147. (In Russian)

(2017) Turkey’s Approach to State-Building in the Palestinian Territories in the 2000s and 2010s. Moscow University Journal of World Politics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 125–143. (in Russian)

(2017) Modern Foreign Development Assistance Approaches of the Turkish Republic. Moscow University Journal of World Politics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 56–92. (in Russian)

(2016) Turkey’s Strategy Towards Afghanistan: Security and Development Assistance. MGIMO Review of International Relations, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 80-90. (in Russian)

(2016) Turkish-Israeli Crisis (2010) in the Context of Barack Obama's Middle East Strategy. Vostok (Oriens), no. 4, pp. 141–150. (in Russian)

(2015) USA and Turkey: Strategic Partnership during the Presidency of George W. Bush. Vostok (Oriens), no. 4, pp. 113-122. (in Russian)

(2015) Challenges of Implementation of the U.S.-Turkey 'Model Partnership' Concept: New Opportunities for Russia? In Rossiya i Turtsiya v novoi mirovoi politicheskoi srede [Russia and Turkey in the New Political Environment] by A.A. Orlov, V.A. Avatkov, S.B. Druzhilovskii, A.V. Fedorchenko (eds.). The Third International Conference of Turkologists (MGIMO University, Moscow, March 27, 2015). Moscow: IMI MGIMO, pp. 35-44. (In Russian)

(2014) ‘Soft Power’ in Foreign Policy of Modern Turkey. Moscow University Journal of World Politics, no. 3, pp. 63-94. (in Russian)

PROJECTS

2017, 2019-2020 - Dilemmas of Strengthening State Resilience in the Middle East and North Africa in the Context of New Threats to Peace, Security, Global and Regional Stability

(Russian Foundation for Basic Research's grant №17-37-01018, COP - V.I. Bartenev, 2017-2019)

Keywords: Statebuilding, Fragile States, Peacebuilding, Extremism, Political Transformation, Middle East and North Africa, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Resilience, Terrorism

2015-2017 - Evolution of Leading International Actors' Approaches to Security-Development Nexus in the Context of Transformation of Global System: Analysis and Prognosis.

(Russian Science Foundation's grant №15-18-30066, COP - A.A. Kokoshin, 2015-2017)

Keywords: Security, Development, Security-Development Nexus, Sustainability, International Development Cooperation, Foreign Aid, Military Aid, Counter-Terrorism, Fragile States, Military Conflicts, Peacebuilding, Violence, Discourse, World Politics

2014-2015 - The Methodology of a System Analysis of Practical Application of “Hard” and “Soft Power” Tools for Foreign Policy Purposes

(the President of the Russian Federation grant for leading Russian scientific schools № 2427-2014.6; COP - A.A. Kokoshin, An.A. Gromyko, A.A. Sidorov, 2014-2015)

Keywords: Conflict Resolution, Development Assistance, “Hard Power”, Trade Agreements, “Soft Power”, Economic Sanctions