Mustafa Aydın is a Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University (Istanbul) and the President of the International Relations Council of Turkey.

Previously, he worked at Ankara University (1994-2005), Economy and Technology University (2005-2009), and Kadir Has University (since 2010), where he served as the Rector of the University (2010-2018). He was a guest researcher/lecturer at Michigan (1998), Harvard (2002, Fulbright fellow), and Athens (2003, Onassis Fellow) universities, as well as at the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies (1999, UNESCO Fellow), the EU Institute for Security Studies (2003), and the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (2018).

He is a member of the International Studies Association, Turkish Atlantic Council, European Leadership Network, Greek-Turkish Forum, and European Academy of Art and Sciences.

Prof. Aydın’s areas of interest include international politics, foreign policy analysis, security issues related to the Caucasus, the Black Sea, the Middle East, and Turkish foreign and security policies.