주요 경력 / Career

• 2025 - ... : Deputy Director, Seoul Institute of Global Affairs (SIGA)
• 2024-… Assistant Professor, Joongbu University
• 2021-… Lecturer, DIS and GSIAS, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• 2021-… Senior Researcher, EU Institute, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• 2011-2020 - Political Analyst, Strategic Outlook Institution
• 2011-2013 - Political Analyst, Turkey Economic Policy Research Foundation
• 2007-2010 - Political Analyst, Caucasian Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies

Teaching & Research Fields

• Conflict Studies, Regionalism, International Politics and Economics, Post-Soviet Studies, Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs

최근 연구 업적 / Recent Publications

BOOKS

• Emerging Partners of Central Asia: Engagement of Small and Middle Powers, Palgrave Macmillan, 2026.
• Contemporary Problems in International Relations: Problems of the International Community, Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2020.
• Ama Hangi Turkler ve Ermeniler? (Field Research on Turkish-Armenian Relations in Tukish) Calikusu Publication, 2013.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Oztarsu, M.F. (2026). Middle Power Bridgework: Latin America and Central Asia Relations. In: Oztarsu, M.F., Kim, B. (eds) Emerging Partners of Central Asia: Engagement of Small and Middle Powers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
• Oztarsu, M.F., Kim, B. (2026). Central Asia Through Eastern Eyes: Comparing Korea and Japan’s Roles. In: Oztarsu, M.F., Kim, B. (eds) Emerging Partners of Central Asia: Engagement of Small and Middle Powers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
• Oztarsu, M.F., Kim, B. (2026). Introduction: The Age of Small and Middle Powers in Central Asia. In: Oztarsu, M.F., Kim, B. (eds) Emerging Partners of Central Asia: Engagement of Small and Middle Powers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2024). The bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Iran during the Heydar Aliyev period. In M. H. Yavuz, M. M. Gunter, & S. Abilov (Eds.), Heydar Aliyev and the foundations of modern Azerbaijan (pp. 279–303). Palgrave Macmillan.
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2021). The Caucasus states’ relations with Turkey (1991–2020). In S. Yilmaz & M. Yorulmaz (Eds.), The changing perspectives and new geopolitics of the Caucasus in the 21st century. Astana Publication.
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2020). Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant of Armenia: Safety concerns, environmental and military risks. In M. E. Erendor, M. F. Oztarsu (Eds.) Contemporary problems in international relations. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2020). Turkish foreign policy and the Caucasus. In H. Acar (Ed.), Türk Dış Politikası. Nobel Publications.
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2019). Kimlik Temelli Politikalar Bağlamında Bir Belirsizlik Örneği: Türkiye ve Ermenistan İlişkileri. In M. E. Erendor (Ed.), Uluslararası İlişkilerde Güncel Sorunlar. Nobel Publications.
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2013). Dağlık Karabağ Sorunu: Çözüm Arayışlarında Minsk Grubu ve Bölgesel Aktörlerin Rolü. In N. Akyeşilmen (Ed.), Barışı Konuşmak (pp. 55–72). ODTÜ Publication.

ARTICLES

• Oztarsu, M. F. (2026). Small state recalibration after systemic shock: Armenia’s post-2020 foreign policy transformation. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2026.2686896
• Oztarsu, M. F., & Ibrahimov, R. (2026). No longer small? Azerbaijan’s pursuit of middle power status. Third World Quarterly, 47(5), 977–997.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2025.2582694
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2025). The Transformative Role of Mediation in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict under Conditions of Trust Erosion and Militarization. Revista Brasileira de Alternative Dispute Resolution – RBADR, ano 07, n. 14, p. 199-232.  https://doi.org/10.52028/rbadr.v7.i14.ART12.KOR
• Yi, E., Kim, B., Oztarsu, M. F., Khaustova, Y., Yatsenko, H. (2025). Optimisation of international financial institutions: A comparative analysis of Ukraine and South Korea’s roles in enhancing global economic stability. World Development Perspectives, 38, 100674.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100674
• Kim, B., Oztarsu, M. F., & Kim, H. (2025). Digitalisation in Central Asia and material/financial assistance of South Korea. Rivista di Studi sulla Sostenibilità – Review of Studies on Sustainability, 10(1).https://doi.org/10.3280/riss2025oa19483
• Oztarsu, M. F., & Ibrahimov, R. (2025). Power, proximity and cooperation: Revisiting Turkey’s role in South Caucasus regionalism. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 8(1), 2026105.https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2026105
• Ibrahimov, R., & Oztarsu, M. F. (2022). Causes of the Second Karabakh War: Analysis of the Positions and the Strength and Weakness of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 24(4), 595–613. https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2022.2037862
• Oztarsu, M. F., & Erendor, M. E. (2021). South Korean policy towards Central Asia: An exploratory review on economic cooperation and partnership formation. Voprosy Istorii, 10(1).https://doi.org/10.31166/voprosyistorii202110statyi18
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2019). A pragmatic policy case: US–Azerbaijan relations. MANAS Journal of Social Sciences, 8(3).https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.532456
• Erendor, M. E., & Oztarsu, M. F. (2019). Iranian relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia: A comparative approach in the case of pragmatic policy. Bolu Izzet Baysal University Journal of Graduate School of Social Sciences, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.11616/basbed.vi.487167
• Gafarli, O., Oztarsu, M. F., Anapiosyan, A., & Chapichadze, K. (2016). The role of global and regional actors in the South Caucasus. Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation.
• Sayan, P., Gafarli, O., Jijavadze, T., Muradyan, D., Öztarsu, M. F., & Romashov, V. (2016). Economic cooperation in the South Caucasus and the wider region: Gained losses, lost benefits. Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation.
• Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Conflict in the South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh and the Legacy of Soviet Nationalities Policy, Insight Turkey, Vol.16(4), (Book Review)
• Oztarsu, M. F. (2011). Military relations of Turkey and Azerbaijan. Strategic Outlook, 2(1).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

• “Wrestling in Turkey” in Middle Eastern Martial Arts, UNESCO ICM, ISBN: 979-11-91300-36-9, 2024.
• International Relations and Economy Dictionary in Turkish-Korean-English, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, ISBN 979-11-976598-3-6, 2021.

ACADEMIC PEER REVIEWING

• Europe-Asia Studies, Global Change, Peace & Security, The Journal of East Asian Affairs, Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations, Universal Journal of History and Culture, Third World Quarterly, Cogent Social Sciences, Journal of Borderlands Studies, Journal of Central Asian Studies