Dr. H. A. Hellyer is an academic and public intellectual who researches the politics and geopolitics of the contemporary Middle East, security studies in the West, the interplay between religion and modernity, and minority communities worldwide.
About
Dr H.A. Hellyer, FRSA, is a fellow at Cambridge University, a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Raised on three continents, he has been clarifying the geopolitics, politics and political economy of the Middle East, the West, and Southeast Asia to publics and governments globally for more than two decades. In 2020, he was elected to be a fellow of the UK’s Royal Society of Arts, in recognition of his scholarship and analysis.
Public Intellectual & Analyst
Dr. Hellyer has more than 20 years of experience in EMEA, USA, and Southeast Asia senior executive experience in corporate, academic, political risk consultant, and government advisory environments.
His subject matter expertise is in geopolitics, political economy, and national security policies.
Books
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A Sublime Way
The Sufi Path of the Sages of Makka
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A Revolution Undone
Egypt's Road Beyond Revolt
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Muslims of Europe
The 'Other' Europeans
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The Egyptian Revolution of 1919
Legacies and Consequences of the Fight for Independence
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The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse
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Engagement with the Muslim Community & Counter-Terrorism
The Intercept
“I’ve always trusted his analysis, non-partisan as its always been.”
The New York TImes
“It is hard to imagine a better qualified analyst … honest and probing…’
BBC