Dr. Tolga Bilener is the Director of the Center for Strategic Research at Galatasaray University. He holds master’s degrees in International Relations from Galatasaray University and Paris-II Panthéon-Assas University, where he was a recipient of the European Commission’s Jean Monnet scholarship. He earned his Ph.D. from Grenoble-Alpes University with a dissertation focused on Türkiye-China relations.
Dr. Bilener teaches courses on the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, Middle East Studies, International Security, History of Diplomacy, and Turkish Foreign Policy. He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited several books, including La Turquie et la Chine: une nouvelle convergence en Eurasie? (2019), Diplomacy and International Treaties in Ancient Anatolia According to Kültepe Tablets (2020), Global South and Emerging Powers (2021), and Thematic Analysis of Turkish Foreign Policy (2024). His work also includes numerous scholarly articles and book chapters.