Sinan Baran

About

I am teaching International Political Economy, International Security, Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis and Diplomatic Language/Diplomacy courses. I am an alumnus of Queen's University Belfast (PhD) and Ankara University (MA & BA). I am currently researching the minerals sector in southern Africa and their relations with governments. I am researching African political economy and Turkish foreign policy towards Africa with the help of Neo-Marxist approaches, such as WSA and U&CD.

Employment

• Ankara University Assistant Proffesor (Part Time)
  2024 - Present
• Ahi Evran University Assistant Proffesor
  2024 - Present
• Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Öğretim Görevlisi
  2020 - 2024
• Queen's University Belfast Teaching Assistant
  2018 - 2019

Education

• Queen's University Belfast Ph.D. in Politics
  2016 - 2020
• Ankara Üniversitesi MA in African Studies (IR)
  2013 - 2015
• Ankara Üniversitesi BA in International Relations
  2007 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (25)

• BRICS Expansion: Emerging of New Semi-Peripheries or Sub-Imperialism? A Comparative Analysis of Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa
  Journal of Asian and African Studies 2026 DOI: 10.1177/00219096251336371
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• Mariusz Lukasiewicz. Gold, Finance and Imperialism in South Africa, 1887–1902: A View from the Stock Exchange. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. xxxi + 242 pp. Bibliography. Index. £109.99. Paperback. ISBN: 9783031519499.
  African Studies Review 2026 DOI: 10.1017/asr.2026.10225
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• Michael Amoah. Decolonizing African Politics: Bridging the Contours of Debate. Springer Nature, 2025. xxiii + 205 pp. Notes. References. Index. $129.99. Hardcover. ISBN: 9783031892172.
  African Studies Review 2026 DOI: 10.1017/asr.2026.10262
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• Book Review: Tarık Oğuzlu and Öner Akgül (eds.), Değişen Dünyada Uluslararası İlişkileri Okumak, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2024,
  The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2025 DOI: 10.58699/tyir.1743517
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• Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti: Doğuda Bitmeyen Savaş ve 21. Yüzyılda Emperyalizmin Kongo'ya Dönüşü
  Orta Afrika'da Siyaset ve Diplomasi 2025
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• Devlet Kırılganlığı ile Terörizm Arasında Bir Bağlantı Var Mı? Sahel Ülkelerinin Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analizi
  TESAM Akademi Dergisi 2025 DOI: 10.30626/tesamakademi.1416879
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• Bernard Forjwuor. Critique of Political Decolonization. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. 304 pp. Bibliography. Index. $110.00. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780198871842.
  African Studies Review 2024 DOI: 10.1017/asr.2024.93
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• Güney Afrika Cumhuriyeti Hala Sahra-altı Afrika’nın Tek Yarı-Çevre (ya da Alt-emperyal) Ülkesi mi?
  X. Uluslararası İlişkiler Çalışmaları ve Eğitimi Kongresi 2024
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• How Has South Africa’s Membership of BRICS Intensified Uneven and Combined Development in the Country and Beyond?
  Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 2024 DOI: 10.33458/uidergisi.1470400
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• BOOK REVIEW of Dubinsky, Itamar. 2022. Entrepreneurial Goals: Development and Africapitalism in Ghanaian Soccer Academies. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press. 192 pp. $79.95 (cloth).
  Africa Today 2024
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