John V. Bowlus

John V. Bowlus
John V. Bowlus is a researcher and lecturer at Kadir Has University in Istanbul and has written widely about energy security, transit, geopolitics, and transitions from a contemporary and historical perspective. He grew up in Sacramento, California and received a bachelor's in classics and history from Brown University and a master’s in social sciences from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in history from Georgetown University. He moved to Istanbul in 2011 and loves to swim, play sports, or follow the NBA in his spare time.