Muhammed Ali Uçar is an Assistant Researcher at the TRT World Research Centre. Prior to this, he lectured undergraduate and graduate students for 5 years at the Civilization Academy in Vienna. Lectures were in various topics such as 20th century philosophy, Turkish foreign policy, political history of Turkey, modern political systems, and the relations between Turkey and the European Union. During his academic studies, he worked as a trainee at the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) and at the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Turkey. Muhammed Ali completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Political Science at the University of Vienna and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Istanbul. His areas of expertise include extreme right movements in Europe, foreign policy analysis, German and Austrian politics and foreign policies, migration, the EU, and the relations between EU and Turkey.