About

Lina R. Alshaher is a researcher in political science and international studies, and a master’s student at the College of Political Science, University of Baghdad, where she completed her bachelor’s degree in political science in 2024.

Her research centres on international relations, foreign policy analysis, global security and diplomacy. She is currently preparing a master’s thesis on United States foreign policy and asymmetric threats in the Middle East after 2011.

She presented a research paper titled “Differing definitions of the enemy and external interventions, and their impact on state sovereignty and the reshaping of identity: Yemen case study, 2014–2026” as part of her participation in the Al-Ahram Center conference for young researchers. Her research topics also include future scenarios of international competition in the Arctic region.

Alongside her academic work, she has worked in the public health sector since 2014 on the basis of a Diploma in Community Health from Middle Technical University, with further professional experience in the private sector and in community and humanitarian work.

She has been trained in negotiation skills, dialogue techniques, communication with state institutions, stakeholder mapping, field research methods and political discourse analysis.