Senem Aydın-Düzgit

Just published in @JoDemocracy: “The Age of Authoritarian Abundance.” With @berkesen and Şebnem Gümüşçü, I examine how a post unipolar, fragmented yet interconnected international order gives autocrats more partners, resources and room to manoeuvre.

"As the West grows weaker in relative military, economic, and political terms, this weakness contributes to democratic erosion at home, and this in turn enables...autocratic resilience abroad." —@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social, and Sebnem Gumuscu muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

"Can Europe Build a Middle Power Alliance?" with @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social, Happymon Jacob, Felipe Krause and @dimitarbechev.bsky.social.

In a fragmented order without a major power committed to promoting democratic norms, democracies must depend on many actors whose interests rarely align with democratic ends. @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social @berkesen.bsky.social Read "The Age of Authoritarian Abundance": muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

📚 In our Collection on POPULISM Foreign policy as domestic politics in populist competitive authoritarianism: the case of the May 2023 elections in #Turkey ⏳#FreeAccess Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We wrote for @belfercenter.bsky.social on the potential impact of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement 👇 www.belfercenter.org/quick-take/h...

Körber’s Annual Emerging Middle Powers Report is now out, featuring a contribution by @umitsahin and myself on middle powers and climate progress 👇 @koerber-ip.bsky.social koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...

I had the privilege of presenting my book on Turkey and the Liberal International Order at LSE. Thanks to Katerina Dalacoura for chairing and to Senem Aydın-Düzgit and Ayla Göl for their generous and thought-provoking comments. You can listen to the discussion here: soundcloud.com/lsemiddleeas...

Why have Turkey and Hungary become close political partners despite limited trade and little public demand for closer ties? My article argues that the answer lies in a common pushback against EU criticism and both regimes' regional ambitions beyond the EU. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey "national elections provide an ideal context to observe how foreign policy issues are domesticated by populist politicians in their contest for power" Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

We attended the @mybisa.bsky.social conference in Brighton last week. Along with an exhibit booth, we were on 4️⃣roundtables: ➡️ Ask me Anything: IR Journal Publishing ➡️ Meet the Editors ➡️ Maximizing Impact: Communicating Research to Diverse Audiences ➡️ Bridging Academia and Policy in a Changing World

📚 Join us tomorrow for the book launch of Turkey and the Liberal International Order. We'll explore Turkey's evolving relationship with the liberal international order, from the end of the First World War to today. www.lse.ac.uk/middleeastce...

@thomasmaddock.bsky.social asked @galipdalay.bsky.social and @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social if the EU and Türkiye can move from a more transactional relationship to a more co-operative one? in the latest @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social #podcast - listen here: buff.ly/MEKSCri 🇪🇺 🇹🇷

🎙️ Check out this episode of @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social podcast, where I spoke about EU-Türkiye relations with @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social and @galipdalay.bsky.social from @chmenap.bsky.social. 🌍We discussed defence cooperation, economic ties, and prospects of a more cooperative relationship.

Listen to our new #CERpodcast ‘Unpacking Europe’ discussing the EU's relationship with Türkiye, @thomasmaddock.bsky.social spoke with @galipdalay.bsky.social and @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social . 🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/MEKSCri

🚨 TODAY 🚨 🛎️ #Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy & #EU Relations from 15:00–16:00 GMT 🔐 Turkey and the Making of Europe’s Security Architecture 🎙️ @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social & @serhatg.bsky.social explore Turkey’s role in shaping European security amid profound geopolitical change 📅 18 Mar #NATO

🆕 #Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy & #EU Relations 🔐 Turkey and the Making of Europe’s Security Architecture 🎙️ @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social & @serhatg.bsky.social explore Turkey’s role in shaping European security amid profound geopolitical change 📅 18 Mar, 15:00–16:00 GMT #NATO #EuropeanUnion

🆕 #Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy & #EU Relations 🔐 Turkey and the Making of Europe’s Security Architecture 🎙️ @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social & @serhatg.bsky.social explore Turkey’s role in shaping European security amid profound geopolitical change 📅 18 Mar, 15:00–16:00 GMT #NATO #EuropeanUnion

We wrote for Harvard's Belfer Center on what the war in Iran means for middle powers 👇 www.belfercenter.org/quick-take/w...

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey ‘Foreign policy in populist competitive authoritarianism is used to signal sovereignty gains and secure external backing to elevate status and bolster regime resilience’ Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🆕 #Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy & #EU Relations 🔐 Turkey and the Making of Europe’s Security Architecture 🎙️ @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social & @serhatg.bsky.social explore Turkey’s role in shaping European security amid profound geopolitical change 📅 18 Mar, 15:00–16:00 GMT #NATO #EuropeanUnion

First publication of the year is now out! An edited volume on Interlingual Relations from the Univ. of Michigan Press with a chapter with Bahar Rumelili on “Transversing Civilizational Hierarchies? The Introduction of Latin Alphabet in Turkey”. And it is open access! press.umich.edu/Books/I/Inte...

Bilim Akademisi etkinlikleri “Türkiye’de ve Dünyada Akademik Özgürlükler” başlıklı panelle devam ediyor. Senem Aydın Düzgit, Şebnem Gümüşçü ve Berk Esen bizimle olacak. @berkesen.bsky.social @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social Ayrıntılar: bilimakademisi.org/bilim-akadem...

"Democracy does deliver," Director of Istanbul Policy Center @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social highlights at the #EPCAnnualConference. Data and science show that democratic societies deliver better health, better education, better economy...

Our middle powers project at the @belfercenter.bsky.social has now published its first reports, including mine on Turkish foreign policy 👇

On Turkey, @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social examines how foreign policy issues were instrumentalized by Pres Erdoğan & the AKP in the May 2023 elections, finding populist politicization through the discursive metanarrative of status elevation & external sponsorship www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎧 Interview Alert! @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social joins @williamarmstrong.bsky.social on @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social to discuss her article Foreign policy as domestic politics in populist competitive authoritarianism: the case of the May 2023 elections in #Turkey turkeybooktalk.com/2025/11/11/s...

Latest episode, from last week 📌📌 Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on the weaponisation of foreign policy in Turkey's domestic politics 👇👇 turkeybooktalk.com/2025/11/11/s...

I very much enjoyed talking to @williamarmstrong.bsky.social for @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social on the domestic use of foreign policy in Turkish politics. based on my latest article for SESP. Thank you for the invite!

New episode drops tomorrow 👇👇 Senem Aydın-Düzgit (@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social) on the weaponisation of foreign policy in Turkey's domestic politics Stay tuned 📌📌 turkeybooktalk.com turkeybooktalk.substack.com

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 #Turkey ‘approaching foreign policy as a solely external matter... may run the risk of attributing it marginal significance in electoral contests where populists compete for power’ Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How do international crises help authoritarians? I wrote for the Project Syndicate 👇

@senemaydndzgit.bsky.social shows how Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine helped strengthen the domestic legitimacy of autocrats in Hungary and Turkey in the run-up to pivotal elections. bit.ly/49ppgKl

Glad to see this finally in print. For those who are interested in the populist use of history and its relationship to foreign policy 👇

How does foreign policy fuel populist authoritarianism? In my latest piece, I explore this question through the case of Turkey’s May 2023 elections.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Pınar Bilgin ve Gülşah Çapan Hocalarımızın yeni projelerini Cuma günü İPM’de dinleme şansı bulduk. Türkiye’nin ilk yüz yılına güvenlik kavramı penceresinden bakan heyecan verici bir çalışma. Bulgularını merakla bekliyoruz

"Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin İlk Yüz Yılına Güvenlik Kavramı Penceresinden Bakmak TÜBİTAK 1001 Proje Tanıtımı ve İlk Bulgular" 🎙️Senem Aydın-Düzgit, IPM 🎤Pınar Bilgin, Bilkent Üniversitesi 🎤Zeynep Gülşah Çapan, Erfurt Üniversitesi 🗓26 Eylül 11:00, Cuma 🚩İPM, Karaköy 🔗Kayıt için: forms.gle/mvb6t3mvAnUS...

Thank you IPC for organizing, and @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social for hosting. A goal of mine is to audio-visualize the political science toolkit. Here I presented a new dataset of 11,165 regime videos compiled with @draege.bsky.social. Along with our analysis, we make the dataset available

There's a lot going on in Turkey's politics right now. The repression rate is ratcheting up. I aim to provide insights with a new dataset on populist audiovisual strategies. Please join me at IPC this Thursday at 11am. Honored to be hosted by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social forms.gle/6BRkXR3439LKV7…

@norafisheronar.bsky.social will be with us this Friday to discuss her new book on contesting pluralism in Turkey and beyond 👇

Our forum on the global perspectives on democracy support in light of the wars in Gaza and Ukraine is now out in International Studies Perspectives 👇 Many thanks to Daniela Huber and Anna Khakee for bringing this together academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...

"Turkey sees the new emerging global context as an opportunity to remind the EU of Turkey's #accession [...] but the state of democracy in Turkey represents a great issue for the relationship between the two sides." - @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social at the #DanishPPC /44

"Security and defence are key to Turkey's approach to Europe. A scary scenario for the country is the formation of a European security architecture - autonomous from NATO - which does not include #Turkey" /43 - @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social, Professor at Sabanci University, during the #DanishPPC

On day 2⃣ of the #DanishPPC we're discussing "The EU’s global engagement in a multipolar world", with interventions from Amb. Birgitte Markussen, @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social, @amandinesabourin.bsky.social & Sarah Kristine Poppelkvist 🔗 tepsa.eu/policy-advic... @diis.dk @thinktankeuropa.bsky.social

It is not often that we have two articles published in one week, but here we go..We examined the EU's responses to crises in its neighbourhood through the concept of protean power, and it is open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...