Salih Dogan is a researcher on International Relations and Political Science with particular reference to Security Studies, Eurasia, and South Asia. His main fields of interest are Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asian countries; Taliban, Al-Qaeda, International Security, and Terrorism. He also has a keen interest in Turkish Politics, Turkish Foreign Policy, Kurdish Issue and the PKK. He appeared at BBC World, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), TRT (Turkish Radio Television) and Voice of America. His opinion pieces, analysis and interviews have been published in Open Democracy, E-International Relations, Voice of America, SETimes.com, Eurasianet.org, T24, Birgün and Hurriyet Daily News. Currently, Dogan is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRE) at Keele University, United Kingdom.