My research focuses on strategic decision-making and interactions in international security, with two primary strands. First, I examine how domestic political forces, particularly public opinion, bureaucracy, and political leaders, shape foreign policy behavior. My dissertation analyzes these dynamics in the context of American foreign policy and coercive diplomacy using survey experiments and computational methods. 

Second, I study the geopolitical implications of dual-use technologies, especially artificial intelligence and semiconductors. In this line of research, I analyze how technology competition and dependence reshape state behavior, coercion, and alignment. My work in this area employs computational text analysis, network analysis, and quantitative methods.

I am an alumnus of the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, organized by the University of Michigan; the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science - Istanbul and Hertie School Data Science Lab, Data Science Summer School based in Germany.

My work has been published or is forthcoming in International Political Science Review, International Relations, and edited volumes from Routledge, Springer, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History and Wiley. I have also contributed policy analysis on regional energy security and conflict dynamics for think tanks and research institutions.

I have served as a reviewer for Political Research Quarterly, Global Studies Quarterly, International Politics, International Political Science Review, and Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. 

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a recipient of the UWM Chancellor's Award and Wilder Crane Memorial Scholarship. I hold M.A. and B.A. degrees in International Relations from Bilkent University in Turkey.