Dr. Can Kasapoğlu is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, focusing on open-source defence intelligence. Dr. Kasapoğlu is also the Director of the Defence Research Program at the Turkish think-tank EDAM. Dr. Kasapoğlu gained his PhD from the Turkish War College and his M.Sc. degree from the Turkish Military Academy-Defense Sciences Institute. Dr. Can Kasapoğlu was an Eisenhower fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome and a visiting scholar at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence in Tallinn. He previously held research posts at reputable think tanks, such as the SWP of Germany, FRS of France, the BESA Center of Israel and Jamestown Foundation, a leading DC-based think-tank with a specific focus on Russia and post-Soviet studies.