Robert W. Olson
Professor of Middle East
History and Politics
University of Kentucky
Faculty Bio
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Department of History
3717 Higbee Woods Court
Lexington, Kentucky 40503
(t) 859-224-0391
(o) 859-257-4346
(f) 859-323-3885
hisposta@uky.edu
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Areas of Expertise
Muslim Politics, Turkey
Dr. Olson specializes in research on how the nationalist movements of the Kurds have affected the foreign policies of Middle Eastern countries, espcially Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. He is also currently interested in the foreign policies of Turkey and Iran, and their relations with neighboring countries. Dr. Olson is the author of eight books and 80 research articles. Six of his books have been translated in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Kurdish and French. His most recent books are: Turkey's Relations with Iran, Syria, Israel and Russia, 1991-2000: The Kurdish and Islamist Questions (2001) which was translated into Turkish and French in 2005; Turkey-Iran Relations, 1979-2004: Revolution, Ideology, War, Coups and Geopolitics (2004); translated into Turkish (2005); The Goat and the Butcher: Nationalism and State Formation in Kurdistan-Iran since the Iraqi War (2005); forthcoming in Turkish and Arabic translations in 2007. Some of his most recent articles are: "Turkey-Iran Relations: The Caspian , Azerbaijan and the Kurds," Middle East Policy (2002); "Turkey and Kurdistan-Iraq Relations: The Consolidation of Iraqi Kurdish Nationalism: 2003-4 ," in The Kurdish Question and the 2003 Iraqi War, Mohammed Ahmed and Michael Gunter; "Turkey and Iran Relations, 1979-2004" Accommodiation and Competition," vol. xxviii., no. 2 (2005); "Kurdistan-Iraq and Turkey Relations, 2004: The Consolidation of Kurdish Nationalism," Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, xxviii, no. 3 (2005); "Turkey's Policy toward Kurdistan-Iraq and Iraq, " Mediterranean Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1 (2005).
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