Mahmut Cengiz

Dr. Mahmut Cengiz is an Assistant Professor and Research Faculty with Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) and the Schar School of Policy and Government. Dr. Cengiz has international field experience where he has delivered capacity building and training assistance to international partners in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. He also has been involved in the research projects for the Brookings Institute, European Union, and various U.S. agencies.

Intelligence7 months ago

New Threats in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Taliban’s Capacity, Tehrik-i Taliban, and ISIS-Khorasan

Authors: Mahmut Cengiz, Asma Ul Hussna Durrani, Andrea Quinn The world was stunned by the Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan. The former Afghan government’s military was...
South Asia8 months ago

Lessons from the Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan and Predictions about the Future

Afghanistan has been at the epicenter of world politics since the early 1980s when the Soviet Union occupied the country amid a civil war. By April...
Intelligence1 year ago

Under False Pretenses: Who Directed the Assassin to Kill the Russian Ambassador in Turkey in 2016?

Motivation for the assassination of Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Ankara, remains shrouded in mystery five years after off-duty Turkish police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas...

Modern Diplomacy

Mahmut Cengiz

Stories By Mahmut Cengiz

New Threats in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Taliban’s Capacity, Tehrik-i Taliban, and ISIS-Khorasan

Lessons from the Taliban’s Takeover of Afghanistan and Predictions about the Future

Under False Pretenses: Who Directed the Assassin to Kill the Russian Ambassador in Turkey in 2016?