Göktuğ Çalışkan

Göktuğ Çalışkan

PhD candidate, Centre for Global Studies, International University of Rabat
Göktuğ Çalışkan is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Global Studies, International University of Rabat (UIR), Morocco. He holds a master’s degree on China–Africa relations and the Belt and Road Initiative, and his doctoral research examines security and great-power competition in the Sahel. His commentary appears regularly in the South China Morning Post and has also been published by Asia Times, African Arguments and Türkiye Today.

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