Kiran Baez

  • Program Assistant

Atlantic Council Turkey Program

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Central Asia Middle East The Caucasus Turkey
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Turkish presence in Central Asia and its implications for US policy
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TURKEYSource

Oct 28, 2025

Working within a ‘Central Asia Quartet’ can strengthen US ties in the region. The foundations for it have already been laid.

By Kiran Baez

To strengthen their ties to Central Asia, the United States, Turkey, Japan, and South Korea should work together on their engagement with the region.

Central Asia Geopolitics & Energy Security

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Oct 23, 2025

Why Washington should pay attention to Turkey’s presence in Central Asia

By Kiran Baez

Understanding Turkey's presence in Central Asia its implication for US foreign policy objectives in the region.

Central Asia European Union

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Jun 18, 2024

Turkey signed two major deals with Somalia. Will it be able to implement them?

By Kiran Baez

Turkey will face major challenges from both external and domestic pressure in implementing its hydrocarbons and maritime security deals.

East Africa Geopolitics & Energy Security

Kiran Baez is a program assistant with the Atlantic Council’s Turkey Program. Baez joined the Council as part of the spring young global professional cohort in January 2024. He has experience researching regional security and energy policy across Western and Central Asia. He has lived in Turkey and conducted field research across Central Asia. His most recent projects have focused on industrial policy in Uzbekistan and Turkey’s growing involvement in international upstream extractive projects.

Prior to joining the Council, Baez interned at the Istanbul Policy Center, where he supported a project on high-skilled migration, and at the Center on National Security at Fordham University, supporting a project exploring oversight at the US Department of Justice.

Baez holds a degree in religious studies from Tufts University, with a regional concentration in the Middle East.