Barış Üçok graduated from the Department of French-English Translation and Interpretation at Hacettepe University. He completed a non-thesis and a thesis-based master’s degree in International Relations at Başkent University and Ufuk University, respectively. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Political Science and International Relations at Cappadocia University. His work focuses on security, intelligence, and foreign policy, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific and the Sahel regions. He speaks English and French.