Oktay Tanrısever is a professor of international relations at Middle East Technical University. His research has focused on transnational security issues of migration, terrorism and cyber space; energy, water and environmental diplomacy; regional security and peace-building in Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Asia; and international negotiation.

Selected Publications:
(Co-edited with Prof. Meliha B. Altunışık) The South Caucasus - Security, Energy and Europeanization, London and New York: Routledge, 2018.
(with Hasan Selçuk Türkmen) "The Securitization Theory and Migration: The Case of Russia's Securitization of Europe's Migration Crisis" in Social Considerations of Migration Movements and Immigration Policies, Ed., Şefika Şule Erçetin, Hershey: IGI Global, 2017, pp. 1-12.
"Azerbaijan's Political Economy and Foreign Policy in 2015", Regional Security Issues: 2015, Ed. Gayane Novikova, Erevan: Spectrum, 2016.
“The Eurasian Economic Union and the Caspian Sea Region”, Geostrategic Maritime Review, The Caspian Sea – Geopolitical and Geostrategic Stakes for the Wider Region, ed. Ellen Wasylina, Paris: IGMO, 2015, pp. 44-64.
"Energy Diplomacy in an Increasingly Interdependent and Globalizing World", Energy and Diplomacy Journal, vol.1, no.1, 2015, pp. 5-16.
"Book Review: The Sustainability of Renewable Energy in Europe", Energy and Diplomacy Journal, vol.1, no. 3, 2015, pp.190-196.
"EU's Eastern Partners and the Vilnius Summit: Opportunities Seized and Missed", Turkish Policy Quarterly (TPQ), vol.12, no.4, Winter 2014, pp. 99-107,
"Ukraine as a Cusp State:Politics of Reform in the Borderlands between the EU and Russia”, The Role, Position and Agency of Cusp States in International Relations, Eds. Marc Herzog and Philip Robins, London and New York: Routledge, 2014, pp. 60-79
Afghanistan and Central Asia: NATO's Role in Regional Security since 9/11, ed. Oktay F. Tanrisever, Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2013,
"Afghanistan's Borderlands and the Politics of Center-Periphery Relations before and after 2014: A Case for Cautious Optimism", Caucasus International, vol. 3, no.3, 2013, pp. 151-164,
“Turkey and Russia in the Black Sea Region: Dynamics of Cooperation and Conflict”, EDAM Black Sea Discussion Paper Series, no. 1, 2012, pp.1-26.
(Co-authored with Pinar Bilgin), “A Telling Story of IR in the Periphery: Telling Turkey about the World, Telling the World about Turkey”, Journal of International Relations and Development, vol. 12, no.2, 2009, pp. 174–179.
http://ir.metu.edu.tr/en/oktay-tanrisever