Draft:Muhammed Nazmul Islam

Muhammed Nazmul Islam is a Bangladeshi-Turkish political scientist. He currently serving as the Head of Türkiye, Asia, and Indo-Pacific Studies (TAIPS) at the Institute for International Relations and Strategic Research (ULİSA) at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU), Türkiye. . He also holds the position of Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the university. Additionally, he serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication Studies, Ankara University, Türkiye. In August 2021, he was appointed to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Turkish Parliament (TBMM) as a Special Advisor (Asia-Pacific Region) of the Foreign Relations and Protocol Department.

His work has focused on international relations and IR theories, and has made contributions to a wide range of topics in emerging and rising powers soft strategy, great power strategic competition, soft power, public diplomacy, Asian politics, media, communication and conflict resolution. Additionally, he developed the concepts of “power of bonding” and is one of the great contributors in “non-western international relations theory” and “non-western soft power strategy”. He is one of the critics of Joseph S. Nye’s theory of soft power.

Islam’s areas of specialization and teaching expertise include Research in Politics, Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, Asia and Indo-Pacific Strategy, Theories of International Relations, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Political Communication, Policy and Politics of Human-Robotics Interaction, and World Politics. His primary research interests revolve around the policies, politics, and foreign policies of middle and emerging powers in the changing international politics.

Career
Islam is Head of Türkiye, Asia, and Indo-Pacific Studies (TAIPS) at the Institute for International Relations and Strategic Research (ULİSA) and an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU), Türkiye. Besides his permanent job place, he also teaches postgraduate courses including but not limited to the “cultural diplomacy and communication” and media & political communication” at the Department of Media and Communication at Ankara University and “peace, conflict and media” course at the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at Social Sciences University of Ankara, Türkiye. In August 2021, he was appointed to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey - Turkish Parliament (TBMM) as a Special Advisor (Asia-Pacific Region) of the Foreign Relations and Protocol Department. During his tenure, he did several high-profile visits in many places around the world including the High-profile OIC delegation visits in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. He was one of the delegates of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and committee of Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States (PUIC) delegation team visits Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. He was one of the representatives and rapporteurs from Turkish Parliament who visited and made a huge contribution in a long report on the situation of Muslim minorities in Germany, France and Myanmar which was later passed in the 17th session of the conference of the Parliamentary Union of member nations of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (UP-OIC) on 26-30 January 2023 by adopting resolutions and strategies. In addition to, he also represented Turkish parliament as “in Commemoration of 15 years of APA Achievements in Asia” at the Asian Parliamentary Assembly on 17 May 2022 and he had modest contribution in Turkish Parliament Team to host two-day meetings of the Executive Council of the 13th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA). Some of his academic contributions are available at the library of Turkish parliament.

Having previously held the prestigious ERASMUS Research Fellowship at the Europa Institute, Saarland University, Germany, and worked as a Research Associate in a joint project between the University of Cambridge (Judge Business School) and BRAC, Dr. Islam has a wealth of research experience. Throughout his career, he worked in different positions and projects conducted at the University of Cambridge, UK; Saarland University, Germany; University of Trento, Italy; Greifswald University, Germany; Ankara University, Türkiye; OIC-SESRIC, BRAC University, Bangladesh; BRAC, Bangladesh; Grameen Bank-Yunus Center, Bangladesh; UNDP, Bangladesh; and YTB, Türkiye as a consultant, research fellow and policy analyst. He is also an Associate Editor (Handling) of the Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Journal.

Works, research and publications
Islam’s research has been published in esteemed journals such as International Affairs; Communication & Society (SCOPUS, Q1; Journal of Asian & African Studies; Contemporary Review of the Middle East (WOS-ESCI, Q2; The Arab World Geographer (SCOPUS, Q3; and Journal of Globalization Studies (SCOPUS, Q3, Jadavpur Journal of International Relations(SCOPUS), Asian Profile  (SCOPUS), Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan (WOS-ESCI) and Insight Turkey (WOS-ESCI, Q2). Additionally, he has presented his work at over 30 conferences held at renowned institutions including the University of Toronto, Canada & Oxford University, UK etc. His contributions are available in the Türkiye’s Ministry of Youth and Sports- Journal of Youth Research and

Books

 * Islam, Md. Nazmul. (2023). Power of Bonding and Non-Western Soft Power in Iran: Comparing China and India’s Engagement. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature). ISBN: 978-3-031-19866-3, eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19869-4, DOI:


 * Islam, Md. Nazmul (With Israel Nyaburi Nyadera & Billy Agwanda) (In Production- 2024). The Somali Conflict Revisited: Trends and Complexities of Spatial Governance on National and Regional Security. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature).


 * Islam, Md. Nazmul. (2024). Power of Bonding and Non-Western Emerging Great Power’s Soft Engagement: Comparing China and India’s Soft Power Strategy in Pakistan. Lexington Publishing House, An Imprint of the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. New York: United States of America.


 * Islam, Md. Nazmul. (With Bülbül, Kudret & Md. Sajid Khan) (2022); Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Myanmar: Ethnic Conflict and Resolution. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature). ISBN: 978-981-16-6463-2, eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-6464-9, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-6464-‎‎9‎ Link:


 * Islam, Md. Nazmul. (With Murat Önder & Israel Nyaburi Nyadera) (2022); The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Public Administration: Concepts and Cases. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature). Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1207-8 eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-1208-5 DOI:


 * Islam, Md. Nazmul. (With Amir Khodro & Ali Asker) (August 2023); South Asian Politics: State, Politics and Society, Nobel Publishing House, Ankara: Turkey. ISBN978-625-398-610-0.

SELECTED OPINION-ANALYSIS

 * -Islam, Md. Nazmul (January 2024). Beyond the ballot box: Strategic foresight and the landscape of great power competition in Taiwan, Anadolu Ajansı, 15.01.2024,
 * Can the US establish an alternative to NATO in Indo-Pacific region?


 * -Islam, Md. Nazmul (October 2023). Bir mukayese: Türkiye'nin Kalkınma Yolu Projesi ve IMEC Projesi, Anadolu Ajansı, 13.10.2023,
 * -Islam, Md. Nazmul. (August 2023). Narendra Modi’s diplomatic foray: Navigating BRICS Summitry in South Africa. Anadolu Ajansı, 21.08.2023
 * -Islam, Md. Nazmul. (September 2023). AUKUS year 2: Gauging gains and goals. Anadolu Ajansı, 16.09.2023.


 * -Islam, Md. Nazmul. (2022). Çin'in Stratejik Oyunu, Myanmar ve CMEC (China’s Strategic Game, Myanmar and CMEC). Anadolu Ajansı, o7.01.2022.
 * -Islam, Nazmul. (2020). Bangladesh: Turkey’s key partner in Asia Anew initiative. Daily Sabah, 25 December 2020.
 * -Islam, Nazmul. & Cansu, Esra Eymen. (2018). Humanity first: The Turkish version of soft power. Daily Sabah, November 23, 2018.
 * -Islam, Nazmul. (2019). Bangladesh’s economic gains marred by plunge into autocratic rule. Asia Times, 2 January 2019.
 * -Türkiye’nin Yeniden Asya girişimi ve Bangladeş, Anadolu Ajansi, 16 October 2020.
 * -PAKİSTAN’DA NELER OLUYOR: MUHALEFETİN UZUN YÜRÜYÜŞÜ, November 2, 2019.
 * -BANGLADEŞ’TE 11. GENEL SEÇİM: DEMOKRATİK ÖZGÜRLÜĞE KARŞI OTOKRATİK GELİŞİM, December 28, 2018.