Omair Anas teaches International Relations at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University. He did his PhD and MPhil in West Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehi, India. Prior to joining Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University in 2018, he was Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs in New Delhi during 2015-2018. He was also Visiting Scholar at Freie University Berlin, Germany in 2012-2013. He has published chapters in many edited volumes and journals and for think tanks. He specializes in and teaches Non-Western International Relations, India-Middle East Relations, Religion and Politics, and Arab Media Culture. His commentaries have also appeared on Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Indian Express, First Post and Daily Sabah.