Dilara Cansın KEÇİALAN graduated from the Department of International Relations at Anadolu University and completed her first master’s degree in International Relations at Hoca Ahmet Yesevi University. She defended her second master’s thesis titled “Cooperation Between Kazakhstan and the People’s Republic of China in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative and Green Energy Projects: Opportunities and Risks” in the Political Science and Public Administration master’s program at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. In 2025, she was awarded the Overseas Graduate Scholarship of the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Türkiye and is currently pursuing her PhD studies at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University in Ukraine. In addition, Keçialan is studying New Media and Journalism at Atatürk University and works as a Eurasia Research Expert at ANKASAM (Ankara Center for Crisis and Policy Studies). Her primary areas of interest are Eurasia, with a particular focus on Central Asia. She speaks English and Russian, has a basic command of Ukrainian, and is learning Kazakh.