Gerald Robbins

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Gerald Robbins, Senior Fellow, specializes in analyzing Turkey, the Caucasus region, and Central Asia. He was awarded a Fulbright-Hayes fellowship to study rural-urban migration at Bosphorus University, Istanbul, and holds an M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from New York University.

Robbins has used his Turkish language skills to report from Ankara and Istanbul for The Weekly Standard, the Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly and the Washington Times. He served as Program Director for Freedom House in Baku, Azerbaijan during the mid 1990's, where he managed post-Soviet political and economic programs.

Robbins frequently lectures at universities and foreign policy institutes. He authored Azerbaijan as part of Mason Crest/FPRI’s “The Growth and Influence of Islam” series. His current focus is studying European efforts to further integrate its growing Muslim and non-EU communities.

Selected Articles

“Yes, We Cem, ” The Daily Standard 04/14/2009
Is German Green party leader Cem Ozdemir Europe's Obama?
“Italy's Immigration Agita,” The Daily Standard 11/09/2007
Turin is an example of Italy's unsteady future.
“Dutch Treat,” The Daily Standard 07/13/2007
The Netherlands tries to assimilate its Muslim immigrants.
“Germans are Talking Turkey.” The Daily Standard 08/01/2006
The European Union is in no rush to expand into Anatolia.

Recent Interviews

Who “Gets” Turkey? An Interview with An Expert Family Security Matters 06/12/2010

Gerald Robbins

Associate Scholar

Foreign Policy Research Institute

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