Başar Baysal

Basar Baysal is an associate professor of International Relations in the Institute of Area Studies at Social Sciences University of Ankara. He graduated from the Turkish Military Academy in 2007 and worked in various locations, including Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Istanbul, Ankara, Diyarbakır, Hakkari, and Northern Iraq, serving as a platoon leader and company commander until his retirement in 2019. Dr. Baysal holds an MA degree from the International Relations Department at Marmara University and earned his PhD from the International Relations Department at Bilkent University in 2017. His research interests include Critical Security Studies, Peace and Conflict Processes, Climate & Security Nexus, Defense studies, Environmental Security, Wartime Economies, Latin American Studies, and Securitization Theory. Previously, Dr. Baysal worked as a TUBITAK 2219 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Universidad del Rosario in Colombia, where he conducted fieldwork on the implementation of the Colombian peace process in 2020 and 2021. He also conducted a research project on Climate Security Perceptions in Türkiye at Istanbul Policy Center of Sabancı University in 2023 and 2024. Dr. Baysal is the author of the book titled "Securitization and Desecuritization of FARC in Colombia: A Dual Perspective Analysis," and his articles have been published in journals such as Peacebuilding, International Relations, and the International Journal.