Ekrem Başer

Ekrem Başer is a postdoctoral scholar of political science, specializing in international relations and political economy. He studies trust and commitment problems, reputation and signaling dynamics, status concerns, and institutions with enforcement power. He follows these theoretical interests in substantive domains of both international conflict and international political economy, such as crisis escalation and foreign direct investment. He also works on these themes in domestic contexts, such as institutional formation and citizens' international status concerns. His research is published in International Studies Quarterly and Public Management Review.

Baser teaches courses on international political economy and statistical methods at the Maxwell School. Prior to joining Syracuse, he was a postdoc at New York University Abu Dhabi. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in December 2020.

International conflict and international political economy

Publications

• Baser, Ekrem T. 2023. "Reputations and Change in International Relations." International Studies Quarterly.
• Baser, Ekrem T. and Evrim Tan. 2023."Citizen Expectations, Agency Reputation, and Public Service Quality" Public Management Review.

 Working Papers

• "Reputations, Foreign Direct Investment, and Contract Breach."
• "Mobilization, Repression, and the Choice between Violent and Nonviolent Tactics."
• "Accidental Use of Force in International Relations" with Muhammet A. Bas and Omer O. Orsun.
• "Apology, Uncertainty, and Learning in International Crises" with Muhammet A. Bas and Omer O. Orsun.
• "Conflict, Social Order, and Mutual Dependence in Production" with Tanguy Le Fur.
• "International Status and Domestic Support for Women’s Political Representation" with Caglayan Baser.
• “Strategic Frameworks for Women’s Rights: Evidence from Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey” with Caglayan Baser and Yusuf Magiya.