Dr Baris Cayli Messina is an academic and award-winning author. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Social Science Journal (UNESCO/Wiley), an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a regular commentator for major media outlets. He is also book series editor of Temple Studies in Criminalization, History, and Society (Temple University Press). His books include Violence and Militants (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019), A Slow Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2027), The Autocrat's Playbook (University of California Press, 2027) and Queer Under Siege (Temple University Press 2027).