Ali Alkis is the World Institute for Nuclear Security Ambassador to Turkey and a Ph.D. candidate at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey. Alkis is also a member of the Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy, serves as the Gender Champion at the Odesa Center for Nonproliferation, and is one of the emerging leaders of the NTI’s Global Dialogue on Nuclear Security Priorities. His research interests encompass nuclear security, non-proliferation, and nuclear terrorism as well as Turkish nuclear and foreign policies.