Dr. Mürsel Doğrul holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Turkish National Defence University and is also an Advisor to the President of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). He is also the representative of the Turkish Young Academy. He successfully obtained his degree in International Relations from Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University in 2014, embarking on a journey of academic exploration that spanned both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies, during which he conducted substantive research endeavors in countries including Romania, Spain, and Ukraine. In 2013, he completed insightful one-month internships at both the Ministry of EU Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. His academic pursuits culminated in the attainment of an M.Sc. degree in International Relations from Necmettin Erbakan University, followed by the successful completion of his Ph.D. at the Turkish National Defense University in 2021. In the year 2023, Dr. Doğrul contributed his expertise as a guest researcher at Meiji University. Dr. Doğrul has made notable contributions to the field through an array of scholarly and scientific works, with a dedicated concentration on international security and the evolutionary dynamics of international relations literature. His scholarly pursuits further extend to the understanding of Japanese foreign policy, energy policies, and security considerations. Beyond his academic endeavors, Dr. Doğrul exhibits an intermediate level of proficiency in Japanese, complemented by advanced fluency in English.