“Political Economy of Energy in Eurasia: Energy Security and Turkey’s Role in Eurasian Energy Politics,”   WISC Conference, International Studies Association, Porto, August17-20, 2011.

Chair, “Regional Dynamics,” WISC Conference, International Studies Association, Porto, August17-20, 2011.

“Foreign Policy Activism in the AKP Era: Challenges of Europeanization and Euro-Asianism,” Central and East European International Studies Association Conference (CEEISA), Kadir Has University, Istanbul, June 15-17, 2011.

Chair, “Turkey and Its Neighborhood,” Central and East European International Studies Association Conference (CEEISA), Kadir Has University, Istanbul, June 15-17, 2011.

“Turkey’s Policy and Posture on Energy in Eurasia,” Energy-Water Nexus in Eurasia, Michigan State University, May 5-7, 2011.

“Turkey as a Benign Regional Power: Aspects of Europeanization and Euro-asianism,” Fordham Consortium Presentation, Koc University, Istanbul, April, 2011.

Chair, “Politics of Ordinary People: Understanding Recent Revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa,” Koc University, Istanbul, April, 2011

Keynote Speaker, “Dilemmas of  Europeanization and Euro-Asianism in Turkish Foreign Policy,”Sciences Po, International Policy and Leadership Institute (IPLI), Euro-Mediterranean Affairs Conference, Malta, March 10-11, 2011.

Chair, “New Directions in Turkish Foreign Policy,” Koç University, Istanbul, November 25, 2010.

“Iran and the Future of Turkey-US Relations,” Next-Generation Dialogue, Hollings Center and Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, October 22-24, 2010.

“Turkish-American Relations: An Alliance at Crossroads,” UC Davis, May 26, 2010.

“Hydropolitics in the Tigris and Euphrates River Basin and the role of the European Union,” (co-author Bahar Rumelili), Eurasia in a Shifting Global Context: Building Interdisciplinary Bridges, Istanbul, 18-21 June, 2009.

Chair, “Russia’s Eurasian Energy Policy” The Changing Politics of Energy and Security in Eurasia, Georgetown-Koç University Conference, Istanbul, April 30-31, 2009.

“The Role of Turkey in Eurasian Energy Politics,” The Changing Politics of Energy and Security in Eurasia, Georgetown-Koç University Conference, Istanbul, April 30-31, 2009.

“Turkey: Forging a Common Agenda for a Defining Moment,” Aspen Strategy Group, Ankara, 24-25 April, 2009.

“Water Resources in the Tigris-Euphrates River Basin and the European Union,” (co-author Bahar Rumelili), 2nd Global Studies Conference (WISC), Ljubliana, July 2008.

“Political Economy of Energy in Eurasia,” Koc-MSU Workshop on Eurasian Energy Politics, Koc University, Istanbul, June, 2008.

“The Role of Turkey in Euro-Mediterranean Security: Challenges and Opportunities,” International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, March, 2008.

“Revisiting Narratives of History: Enver Pasha’s Pan-Islamic and Pan-Turkic Quest,” Conference on Reform in the Mediterranean, University of Montpellier, June, 2007.

“Role of Enver Pasha in the pan-Islamic and the Basmachi Movement,” Middle Eastern Studies Association Conference (MESA), Boston, November, 2006.

Chair, “European Security at Crossroads: The Transatlantic Dimension,” GLODEM/ Koc University Conference on European Security, Istanbul, April, 2006.

“Enterpreneurship and the European Union,” Junior Chamber International Turkey and Anadolu University, Eskisehir, March, 2006.

“The US Role in Turkey-EU Relations,” GLODEM/Koc University Conference on Europeanization and Transformation: Turkey in the post-Helsinki Era,” Istanbul, December, 2005.

“Ottoman-American Relations in Historical Perspective (1830-1914),” Middle Eastern Studies Association Conference (MESA), Washington D.C., November, 2005.

“Turkey’s Role in Euro-Mediterranean Security,” Instituto Affari Internationale/TESEV, Euro-Mediterranean Security Conference, Rome, Italy, September 2005.

“Impact of the United States on Turkey-EU Relations,” International Studies Association Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2005.

Chair, for the Session on “Turkey-EU Relations,” and also presented “Turkey-EU Relations in Perspective: Domestic and Foreign Linkages,” ECPR Standing Group on European Politics, Second Pan-European Conference, Bologna, Italy, June 2004.

“Copenhagen and Beyond: An Assessment of Recent Developments in Turkey-EU Relations,” Middle Eastern Studies Association Conference (MESA), Anchorage, November, 2003.

“Turkish-American Relations in the Interwar Era and the Contributions of Turkish Diplomats,” Annual Mica Ertegun Conference, Princeton University, April, 2003.

“South East Europe: Sharing the Future as a Community of Constitutional Values,” RIGAS Network Closing Conference, Center for European Constitutional Law, Athens, March, 2003.

“NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue: Prospects for Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean,” Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens, January, 2003.

“An Assessment of Recent developments in Turkey’s European Odysey,” Near Eastern Studies Ertegun Seminar Series, Princeton University, December, 2002.

“Political Changes in Turkey and their Impact on Turkish Foreign Policy,” International Lisbon Conference, Instituto de Estudos Estrategicos e Internacionais, November, 2002.

“The Experience of Co-operation in the field of Security and Defence in the Mediterranean,” Halki International Seminars, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy and Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission, September, 2002.

“Reconfiguration of Identity in the Central Asian Republics,” Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, February, 2002.

“Opening Pandora’s Box: Identity and Politics in Central Asia,” Center for International Studies, Princeton University, December, 2001.

“Reconfiguration of Power Structures in Central Asia,” Middle Eastern Studies Association Conference (MESA), San Francisco, November, 2001.

“Newly Emerging European Security Architecture and its Implications for Turkish-Greek Relations,” NATO Conference, Antalya, April, 2001.

“Challenging the ‘Terrible Turk’ Image: Turkish-American Relations in the Interwar Era,” MESA Conference, Florida, November, 2000.

“From Strangers to Allies: Turkish-American Relations before the Cold War,” Princeton University, December, 1999.

“Water Politics in the Middle East,” European Conference of Junior Chamber International, Hague, June, 1999.

“Hydropolitics of the Tigris and Euphrates,” Princeton University, November, 1998.