Yagiz Sullu is a guest lecturer based in Washington D.C. available for online guest lectures and in-person guest lectures at universities. Introductions are free through OpenLecture.
Guest lecture topics
Energy security Energy policy Oil and gas politics Geopolitics of energy Political risk Geopolitical risk Authoritarianism and authoritarian resilience Democratic governance Resource curse and rentier-state politics Natural resource governance International political economy Energy transition Critical minerals and supply-chain security European energy security Ukraine and postwar reconstruction Russia and Eurasian geopolitics Central Asian politics and energy South Caucasus politics Azerbaijan Türkiye and Turkish foreign policy Post-Soviet politics Middle East politics African politics and political risk Regime stability and political institutions Economic crises and political stability Oil-production decline and its political consequences Qualitative research and process tracing Political-risk research and country analysis
Teaching experience
Guest Lecturer, Daystar University, Kenya — Foreign Policy Analysis (IRS 320A), July 2026 Delivered a guest lecture on the political economy of oil, regime stability, and political institutions, using Gabon and Equatorial Guinea as comparative cases. Led discussion on how natural-resource dependence and political institutions shape foreign policy and political outcomes.
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