H._A._Hellyer
H. A. Hellyer
British scholar in geopolitics, security studies, and religious studies
H. A. Hellyer 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 Government of Harvard 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.