H.A. Hellyer
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H.A. Hellyer, speaking on the BBC's 'Doha Debates'
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| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Scholar |
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| Notable works | The Other Europeans: Muslims of Europe A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road Beyond Revolt “A Sublime Way: The Sufi Path of the Sages of Makka” |
| Website | www |
H. A. Hellyer FRHistS FRSA is a British geopolitical analyst, and scholar in security studies, political economy, history, and belief. His geographic areas of study include the modern Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia.[1]
He is a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,[2] and a senior associate fellow in international security studies at the Royal United Services Institute.[3] He was previously fellow of Cambridge University's Centre for Islamic Studies, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Center for the Middle East,[4] and a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy section.[5] He was also Democracy Non-Resident Fellow for the academic year 2014 to 2015 at the John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentofHarvard University.[6]
Hellyer was previously senior practice consultant at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center,[7] and senior research fellow at the University of Warwick.[8] Hellyer was appointed to the British government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism.[9] Hellyer was appointed as deputy convener of the United Kingdom taskforce on tackling radicalization and extremism after the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. He also served as the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) first economic and social research council fellow, within its Islam team and counter-terrorism team.[5]
He is the author of a number of books and articles, including Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans, and A Revolution Undone: Egypt's Road beyond Revolt.
Hellyer was raised between the UK and the Middle East.[7]
After receiving his PhD from the University of Warwick, Hellyer was made Fellow of the University of Warwick.[8] He was appointed as Deputy Convenor of the UK government's Taskforce on Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.[9]
He is a Fellow of the Young Foundation, that specializes in social innovation to tackle structural inequality,[10] as well as other institutions. He was a long-term consultant on Demos think tank projects 'Community Engagement and Counter-terrorism' and 'Counter-radicalisation & Muslim communities'.[8]
Hellyer was a Ford Fellow of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution,[11] as well as a UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Global Expert.[12] Additionally, as the recipient of a law degree from the University of Sheffield,[4] he taught as a visiting professor of law at the American University in Cairo.[12]
Hellyer was a senior practice consultant and senior analyst at the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center.[7] He contributed a post-Mubarak pre-Sisi piece on Egypt to Chatham House studies on international affairs.[13]
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