Dr. Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu is Assistant Professor at Joongbu University and a Senior Researcher at the Institute of EU Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea. He earned his PhD in International Relations from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s studies in the same field in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, respectively, the only Turkish analyst who has studied and lived in all three capitals of the Caucasus region. He has experience as a media observer in the United States and he is also a member of the Young Turkey Young America fellowship program at the Atlantic Council. He is  the author of many books and articles on regional affairs.