Rahman Dag is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University in Turkey. He obtained his BA from Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Then, he got a master’s degree from the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) in London. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Exeter University, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, in the field of Middle East Politics. In addition, he is one of the founding members of CESRAN International (www.cesran.org) and acts as the Deputy Director of Cesran International. His affiliation with Cesran continues as book review editor of the Rest: Journal of Politics and Development (The Rest Journal). Right after finishing his higher education, He was appointed as a research assistant in 2014 and, within a month, promoted to Assistant professorship at Adıyaman University. He worked for the University for more than six years. Once he was awarded an associate professorship by the Higher Education Council in Turkey, he got a promotion by working as an Associate Professor at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University. His expertise revolves around Middle East politics, specialising in the Kurdish question in the region and Turkish foreign policy. His latest interest is in great power politics and the accommodation of rising or regional powers in world politics and the international system. He can be reached at [email protected].