Emil Aslan (born 19 November 1978 in

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) is a Czech political scientist and university lecturer, between 2018 and 2021 research director at the Institute of International Relations in Prague.

Biography and career

Emil Aslan was born in

. He graduated from

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(1997,

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in studies of German language),

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(1999, B.A. equivalent in German Studies and Russian Studies; 2001, M.A. in International Relations: Institute of Political Studies; 2005, Ph.D. in International Relations), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (2004, LL.M.). He was Fulbright

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. In 2020, Aslan became a

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. Since 2004 he lectures at the Charles University; currently an

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at the Department of Security Studies, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences. Additionally. From 2018 to 2021 he was a research director at the Institute of International Relations Prague. He has provided dozens of analyses to the Czech Ministries of

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and

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, as well as the

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. His analyses have frequently appeared in CACI Analyst. He is a frequent columnist and media commentator, authoring ca 150 articles in such media as

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. His area of expertise of interests consist of: security and asymmetric conflict (civil war and ethnic conflict; small wars; insurgency and

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, radicalization), especially in

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and

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; particularly the ethnography/micro-dynamics of political violence, with emphasis on asymmetric warfare; politics of memory; qualitative methods. He speaks

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, English,

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, Slovak, Turkish, Azerbaijani and has passive knowledge of Crimean Tatar, French,

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. Beside scientific work, Aslan paints and writes poetry as well. In 1997, he was junior superheavyweight boxing champion of the South Moscow District.

Works

Emil Aslan wrote 6 monographs, 12 book chapters and encyclopaedic entries, 39 articles in journals with

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, 19 peer-reviewed articles, 80 analytical articles. Monographs * * * * * *

References

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