Research
Idris A. Waysi holds a PhD from Stockholm University and serves as Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Bachelor’s Programme at Karlstad University.
His research interests include foreign policy and seucrity strategy, comparative politics, and the Middle East. Previous work has examined U.S. foreign policy toward Iran and Iraq, as well as Kurdish politics.
He is currently expanding his research agenda to include disinformation, with a particular focus on Sweden and the Swedish tradition of “psychological defence.” This work is conducted from a comparative perspective and includes cases from the United States and Switzerland.