Hugh Pope is the Turkey/Cyprus project director for the International Crisis Group a renowned conflict-prevention organization. Based in Istanbul, he writes reports on EU-Turkey relations. Prior to this Mr. Pope was a foreign correspondent for 25 years, most recently spending a decade as a Turkey, Middle East and Central Asia correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Pope has written Turkey Unveiled: A History of Modern Turkey. His latest book, published in March 2010, is titled Dining with Al-Qaeda: Three Decades Exploring the Many Worlds of the Middle East. He received his B.A. in oriental studies from Oxford University.