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      H A Hellyer

      H A Hellyer

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      Dr HA Hellyer is non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.

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      Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during a rally coinciding with Pearl Harbor Day. Mic Smith / AP Photo
      Trump’s scare tactics should be dismantled

      HA Hellyer explains why Donald Trump can no longer be treated as simply a conservative politician.

      OpinionDecember 10, 2015
      Demonstrators protest outside parliament as MPs voted on airstrikes in Syria. (Andy Rain / EPA)
      ‘Syrian solution’ forgets about ordinary Syrians

      HA Hellyer says Britain's decision to join the coalition attacking ISIL in Syria is lacking an important voice – the Syrians.

      OpinionDecember 03, 2015
      Belgian soldiers stand guard in front of the Liege Justice Palace as the city is put under highest security alert following the Paris attacks. Nicolas Lambart / AFP
      The post-Paris madness will stop ... and then what?

      We are in for a long battle against bigotry, writes HA Hellyer.

      OpinionNovember 26, 2015
      When it comes to contemporary realities, there is a reason why ISIL finds far more appeal in a country like Syria than it does in South Africa or Slovenia. AP Photo
      History helps us to decode ISIL’s toxic ideology

      History should inform how we deal with the ISIL menance, writes HA Hellyer

      OpinionNovember 19, 2015
      Visitors tour the medina, the old city of Tunis. Zoubeir Souissi / Reuters
      Tunisia remains a beacon of hope in the Arab world

      HA Hellyer writes how Tunisia, even with all its problems, has managed to remain the place that people come to for inspiration.

      OpinionNovember 12, 2015
      A woman reacts after leaving flowers outside Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Headquarters, close to the scene where a soldier was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south east London, on May 23, 2013. Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA
      The citizenship debate in the UK is a slippery slope

      Revoking citizenship for terror suspects cuts at the heart of the nation state, writes HA Hellyer.

      OpinionNovember 05, 2015
      US secretary of state John Kerry and Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will discuss how to end Syria's long war. Craig Ruttle / AP
      If Assad stays on, then Syria will never be saved

      With Russia and Iran playing more active roles in Syria, HA Hellyer says Bashar Al Assad seems more secure than ever.

      OpinionOctober 29, 2015
      British prime minister David Cameron has set out the government's strategy to defeat the "poison" of extremism. Getty Images
      Britain’s muddled response to the rise in extremism

      HA Hellyer wonders whether Britain's new counter-terrorism policy will achieve its goals

      OpinionOctober 22, 2015
      President of the Tunisian employers union (UTICA) Wided Bouchamaoui and lawyer Fadhel Mahfoudh are among the four people who won the Nobel Peace Prize from Tunisia. Fethi Belaid / AFP
      Tunisia is a work in progress, but it deserves credit

      Tunisia proves that historical eventualities also have the option of working themselves out over time, writes HA Hellyer

      OpinionOctober 15, 2015
      Mariah Idrissi modelled for fashion retailer H&M. Courtesy H&M
      Britain struggles with its portrayal of Muslim citizens

      HA Hellyer asks why Britons are concerned about the "Britishness" of a cook who wears a headscarf

      OpinionOctober 08, 2015
      A bomb explosion is seen in Syria in a photo taken from the Russian Defense Ministry's official web site. AP Photo / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
      Putin is filling a vacuum in Syria, but what is Moscow’s endgame?

      Moscow sees opportunities to involve itself in the Middle East but that doesn't substitute the region dealing with its own problems, writes HA Hellyer

      OpinionOctober 03, 2015
      Ahmed Mohamed was arrested after a homemade clock he brought to his Texas school was mistaken for a bomb. LM Otero / AP Photo
      Muslims still face challenges in the United States

      Muslim Americans have a lot to work with when declaring their stake in America, as other communities have done before them, writes HA Hellyer

      OpinionSeptember 24, 2015
      Can Syrian president Bashar Al Assad be part of the solution to the country's problems? Vahid Salemi / AP
      Bashar Al Assad is a far greater threat than ISIL

      Does Bashar Al Assad's fight against ISIL make him our ally? HA Hellyer argues that he remains part of the problem.

      OpinionSeptember 17, 2015
      Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri. Site Intelligence / AFP Photo
      Extremism and authoritarianism are no answers

      On the anniversary of 9/11, the West must think about the conflicts currently shaping the Middle East, writes HA Hellyer

      OpinionSeptember 10, 2015
      A scene from Tyrant, a fictional television series that isn’t actually all that fictional, says HA Hellyer. Courtesy FX
      ‘Tyrant’ is terrible ... but I can’t stop watching it

      "Tyrant" might perpetuate troubling Arab stereotypes but HA Hellyer finds it compulsive viewing.

      OpinionSeptember 03, 2015
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