MUJIB ALAM is Professor at the MMAJ Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He obtained MPhil and PhD degrees in West Asian (Middle Eastern) studies, specialising in Turkish studies, from New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. Previously, he completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Political Science from Utkal University (Odisha) and Aligarh Muslim University (Uttar Pradesh) respectively. As an HERMES-Post-Doctoral Fellow, he worked on his research at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH) and Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris, France between Nov 2005 and May 2006. His research and teaching areas include contemporary Turkish studies (domestic politics and foreign policy), West Asian studies (international relations, foreign policy, conflict & peace studies of west Asian & north African countries), Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), and International Organisation. He regularly gets published; presents paper in national and international conferences/seminars both in India and abroad. So far, he has authored/edited five books and has contributed a number of research articles to books and journals. His publications include Contemporary West Asia: Perspectives on Change and Continuity (co-edited; Routledge, 2019), Turkey in the Post-Cold War Period: The Regional Power Role, 1990-2002 (authored; New Century Pub, 2016), Perspectives on Turkey’s Multi-Regional Role in the 21^st Century (edited; Knowledge World Pub, 2015), Indo-Turkish Relations: History and Current Dynamics (edited; New Century Pub, 2012), Turkey’s Role in Central Asia and the Caucasus (ATWS Monograph, 2005), and Global Politics of the Iraq Crisis and India’s Options (co-edited; Aakar Pub, 2004). He is a member of the Editorial Board of three academic journals published in Turkey, namely Electronic Journal of Political Science Studies (Trakkya), International Journal of Humanities and Art Research (Uludag Development Academy, Bursa), and Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (Kirklareli University, Kirklareli).