Ömer Taşpınar

Director, Turkey Project, Center on the United States and Europe | Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Portrait: Ömer Taşpınar

Ömer Taşpınar is an expert on Turkey, the European Union, Muslims in Europe, political Islam, the Middle East and Kurdish nationalism. He is a professor at the National War College and an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.

Experience

Current Positions

  • Professor, National War College
  • Adjunct Professor, European and Middle East Studies, The Johns Hopkins University

Past Positions

  • Lecturer, European Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
  • Human Rights Analyst, Robert F. Kennedy Foundation (1996-97)
  • Consultant, Strategic Planning Department, FIAT-TOFAS Istanbul, Turkey (1995-96)
  • Jean Monnet Fellowship, European Union Commission

Education

  • Ph.D. (2001), M.A. (1995), Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
  • B.A., Middle East Technical University, 1993

Language Fluency

  • French
  • Italian
  • Turkish

Contact

Email Ömer Taşpınar

202.797.6105Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

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