Filiz Katman obtained a BSc in Economics (English) from the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University, an MSc in Political Science and International Relations (English) from the Social Sciences Institute of Marmara University, Turkey, and a PhD in International Security and Terrorism from the Defense Studies Institute of the Turkish Military Academy. She has certificates from the Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke College, Oxford University, and the War, Conflict and Order Program at Yale University. She is Executive Board President at the Energy Politics and Markets Research Centre, Turkey, and Editor at EPPAM Policy Brief. She is also Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey, and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Syrian Studies at University of St Andrews, UK. She has published a number of articles and books on terrorism, security, political violence, energy policy and security, Syria and NATO, and is regularly consulted by BBC World News due to her expertise.