Dimitar BechevDimitar Bechev is the Director of the Dahrendorf Programme at the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe. His research interests include the external relations of the European Unin, Russia, Turkey and the Balkans. He is the author of Turkey Under Erdogan (2022), Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe (2017) and co-editor of Russia Rising: Putin's Foreign Policy in the Middle East and North Africa (2021). He contributes frequently to Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, Politico Europe, and RFE/RL and his quotes have appeared in the FT, the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other major news outlets. Read More Read Less