Dr. Muhammed Çağrı Bilir is a faculty member at Yıldız Technical University. He earned his PhD from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Leeds in the UK with his thesis titled “Explaining the European Union’s CSDP Military Operations: European Struggle for Autonomy.” Bilir completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul Commerce University's Department of International Relations in 2015 with high honors. He received his master's degree from Linkoping University's European Union master's program in Sweden in 2018 with a thesis titled “Scandinavian Security and NORDEFCO.” His areas of expertise include American foreign policy, European Union security, and international relations theories. He works as a researcher at the Türkiye Research Foundation.