András István Türke

András István Türke is a Hungarian historian, political scientist and diplomacy & security policy expert. He is assistant professor at the University of Szeged, where he teaches contemporary history (European Union, Africa) and international relations. He is also Director of the Europa Varietas Institute (EUVI, Switzerland) where his focus is on European and African security issues. His prior teaching positions include the University of Pannonia (Veszprém, Hungary 2013–2015) and the National University of Public Service (Budapest, Hungary, 2015–2016). He is also a member of the CÉRIUM ROP (Réseau de Recherche sur les opérations de paix, University of Montreal, Canada).

Türke received his PhD in history of international relationships from the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III / École Doctorale 385 - Espace Européen Contemporain (2008) and his Habilitation from the University of Szeged is in progress (2018). An alumnus of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN), he holds 4 M.A. degrees in history, political science, international relationships and European studies ; he has also studied at Centre International de Formation Européenne (IEEI, former IEHEI) and speaks French, English and German fluently.

He was also former visiting fellow at European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS, 2006) as well as at the Assembly of the Western European Union - Defence Committee (AWEU, 2008–2011), associate and senior research fellow at the Center for Strategic and Defense Studies (CSDS / SVKK, under the Hungarian MoD 2008–2016), visiting and associate fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA / MKI, 2007–2014).