Ahmet T. Kuru

Ahmet T. Kuru is Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. He received his PhD from the University of Washington and held a postdoc position at Columbia University.

His 2019 book, Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison (Cambridge University Press) received four awards/recognitions, has been translated into a dozen languages, and covered in 24 languages. Kuru is also the author of award-winning "Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey" (Cambridge, 2009).

Kuru has given interviews to and written op-eds in various outlets, including BBC World, Euronews, France 24, BBC India, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera Balkans, RFE/RL, Yahoo News, National Interest, Esprit, The New Arab, Daily Beast, openDemocracy, Al-Ahram, and Tehran Times on Islam and politics.