Alper Kaliber joined the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) as a Senior Fellow in April 2025. Before joining the IPC, he worked as a visiting scholar at the Federal University of ABC in São Paulo, Brazil. Between 2014 and 2024, he served as a faculty member at Altınbaş University, where he also coordinated several Jean Monnet modules and chairs. He received his PhD in Political Science from Bilkent University in 2005 and conducted his postdoctoral research at the University of Birmingham in the UK. Kaliber has taught courses on European security, European integration, international security studies, EU–Turkey relations, and Turkish foreign policy at Altınbaş, Istanbul Bilgi, Yaşar, Birmingham, and Sabancı universities.
In addition to these fields, his research has focused on Europeanization, the Cyprus conflict, the role of civil society in the Kurdish issue, and emergency policies in Turkey. His work has been published in leading journals such as Comparative European Politics, Security Dialogue, Democratization, International Relations, and South European Society and Politics. His international research projects have been supported by various institutions including the European Commission, the British Academy, the Volkswagen Foundation, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). In 2014, he was awarded the Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) by the Science Academy of Turkey. He has also produced programs on music and European politics for media outlets such as Açık Radyo and Medyascope.
Political Engineering Through Law: Hungary and Beyond
IPC Working Paper ''Political Engineering Through Law: Hungary and Beyond'' by IPC Senior Scholar Alper Kaliber was published.
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Ideas and Intellectuals: Alternative Histories of Turkish Foreign Policy
IPC is now accepting proposals for the workshop "Ideas and Intellectuals: Alternative Histories of Turkish Foreign Policy" to be held on June 2, 2026, from 9:00–17:00 at Istanbul Policy Center, Karaköy.
This one-day workshop brings together scholars of Turkish foreign policy to examine the influence of ideas and intellectuals, with the primary goal of developing alternative narratives in the field. We welcome submissions from junior and senior scholars that connect intellectual history and foreign policy, including empirical studies of intellectual works, or examine intellectual practitioners and ideational currents across different periods.
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"Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" with Ezgi Uzun and Alper Kaliber
Ezgi Uzun and Alper Kaliber were hosted at the "Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" program titled “Protests in Iran and Global Balances” organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
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2025 Assessment with the Contributions of IPC
Ümit Şahin, Zafer Yenal, Nebi Sümer, Zeynep Ayata, Alper Kaliber, Altay Atlı, Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, and Senem Aydın-Düzgit were hosted at the "Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" program titled "2025 Assessment with the Contributions of IPC'' organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
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"Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" with Alper Kaliber and Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı
Alper Kaliber and Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı were hosted at the "Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" program titled “Understanding the New U.S. Security Strategy: Isolationism or Interventionism?” organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
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The Global Rise of Modular Emergency Regimes: Turkey and Beyond
IPC held the panel ''The Global Rise of Modular Emergency Regimes: Turkey and Beyond'', which was moderated by Senem Aydın-Düzgit, with the participation of Fuat Keyman, Alper Kaliber, İlhan Uzgel, and Başak Alpan at IPC Karaköy on October 14.
Road to Glasgow 3 - "Climate Negotiations in the Context of International Relations"
The Initiative organized a webinar titled "Climate Negotiations in the Context of International Relations (Uluslararası İlişkiler Bağlamında İklim Müzakereleri)" with the participation of Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Alper Kaliber, Fuat Keyman and Çiğdem Nas on October 18. This webinar is a part of the webinar series titled "Road to Glasgow: Climate Policies (Glasgow'a Doğru İklim Politikaları)" initiated by Climate Change Cluster Coordinator Ümit Şahin.
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“Salgın ve Toplum” Webinar Series: “Dijitalleşen Post-Korona Dünyada Potansiyeller ve Riskler”
IPC organized the webinar Salgın ve Toplum - “Dijitalleşen Post-Korona Dünyada Potansiyeller ve Riskler” with the participation of Alper Kaliber, Evren Balta, Fuat Keyman and Yusuf Leblebici on June 22.
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