Dr Mikael Weissmann

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Promoted to Associate Professor (Docent)

October 10, 2016 mikaelweissmann

On 27 September was promoted to Associate Professor (Docent) in War Studies at the Swedish Defence Unversity. Docent is the second highest academic grade in the Swedish academic system, ranked below (full) professor.

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Dr Mikael Weissmann is Associate Professor in War Studies and Head of Research- and Deputy Head of the Land Operations Section at the Swedish Defence University. He is the convenor of the Land Warfare Research Group (LWRG) and co-convenor of the Hybrid Warfare Research Group (HWRG) and the Asian Security and Strategy Research Group (ASSRG). He is also a member of CSCAP-EU.

Weissmann’s research focuses on security, strategy and warfare.

His expertise includes:

– Military operations and tactics
– Military tactical thinking,
– Hybrid threats- and warfare
– Intelligence analysis
– Land Tactics
– China and East Asian security and strategy broadly defined

His research on China and East Asia focuses on China’s foreign policy and role in the world, with a special focus on China and Global Power Shifts. He has a particular interest in:

– the Belt and Road initiative
– Energy
– the South China Sea
– the North Korean nuclear conflict
– the Taiwan Issue
– Sino-Russian relations

Weissmann has also pursued research on track-two diplomacy, conflict management and peacebuilding as well as Europe’s relations with China and East Asia.

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