Serhan Ünal is assistant professor at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Türkiye. After graduating from Bilkent University, he received his MSc. and PhD. degrees from the Middle East Technical University, from the Department of International Relations. He served at the Turkish Energy Foundation as research director where he published several reports and had conducted projects with various civil society organizations about energy and environment. His research areas cover international political economy, energy and environment in international relations, theories of International Relations, and the Turkish foreign policy. Serhan Ünal is an environmental activist and runs a nation-wide civil society organization.