Suleman Ozeren

Dr. Suleyman Ozeren is the Director of Counter-Terrorism for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Dr. Ozeren is an adjunct faculty and a research scholar at George Mason University. He formerly served as the President of the Global Policy and Strategy Institute and the Director of the International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime (UTSAM) in Turkey. He also served as a faculty member at different universities. Dr. Ozeren received his M.S. degree in Criminal Justice and a Ph.D. degree in Information Science from the University of North Texas.

His research interests include terrorism & counterterrorism, countering violent extremism (CVE), conflict resolution, the Kurdish issue, and forced migration. In his research, he examined four terrorist organizations: ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, and the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK). He also conducted research in Europe, focusing on diaspora radicalization. Part of his research included interviewing convicted terrorists and disintegrated and de-radicalized individuals.