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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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A member loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves an ISIL flag in Raqqa. Stringer / Reuters
Arab youth are torn between bad ideologies

If we want young people to avoid the pull of more radical ideas, they need to have genuine alternatives, writes HA Hellyer

OpinionAugust 27, 2015
Syrian president Bashar Assad delivering a speech during a meeting with heads and members of public organizations, vocational syndicates, and chambers of industry, trade, agriculture and tourism in Damascus. Sana Handout / EPA
The left’s glaring inconsistency in discussing Syria

The left still has a number of unavoidable blind spots when it comes to the Syrian civil war, argues HA Hellyer

OpinionAugust 20, 2015
US secretary of state John Kerry leaves after speaking about the Iran deal in New York City. Andrew Burton / Getty Images / AFP
Opposition to the Iran deal relies on bad arguments

Scrapping the Iran nuclear deal would not make this region safer, argues HA Hellyer

OpinionAugust 13, 2015
A Lebanese woman covers her nose from the smell as she walks on a street partly blocked by piles of garbage in Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan Ammar / AP Photo
Andalusian cities have lessons for Lebanon today

Lebanon's waste crisis is a symptom of a much larger debate about society in the Middle East, argues HA Hellyer

OpinionAugust 06, 2015
Syrian refugees inside a tent at an informal tented settlement near the Syrian border on the outskirts of Mafraq, Jordan. Muhammed Muheisen / AP Photo
It’s time the West understood why Syria matters

It is the Syrian catastrophe that powers the political narrative os ISIL and its supporters more than anything else, argues HA Hellyer

OpinionJuly 30, 2015
Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, completed a deal with the world's leading powers over its nuclear programme. Carlos Barria / AP
The Arab world’s future rests in our own hands

As the Gulf countries react to the Iranian nuclear deal, HA Hellyer contends that greater Arab unity and better governance will improve our prospects.

OpinionJuly 16, 2015
As Britain commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings, has its discussion of its Muslim population evolved? Andy Rain / EPA
The UK now knows there’s much to learn about Islam

Ten years on from the 7/7 terror attacks in London, has Britain's relationship with its Muslim citizens evolved at all, H A Hellyer asks.

OpinionJuly 09, 2015
A woman looks at flowers laid on Marhaba beach in Sousse, where 38 people were killed in last Fridays terror attack in Sousse. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images
Despite Sousse, Tunisia is getting many things right

Tunisian resilience is real – and the international community should help it maintain a course of steady reform, writes HA Hellyer

OpinionJuly 02, 2015
British prime minister David Cameron meets German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup / Getty Images
The West needs to find its feet over extremism

HA Hellyer argues that the West is at crossroads when it comes to terrorism, still hashing around to find a strategy

OpinionJune 25, 2015
Members of the Libyan pro-government forces stand on a tank during their deployment near the city of Derna, Libya. Reuters
Libya needs help to create stability and a government

A solution to the crisis in Libya can be found, but only with a great deal of commitment, says HA Hellyer

OpinionJune 18, 2015
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al Sisi gestures as he delivers his speech during the closing session of Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh. Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
What right does the West have to preach to Arabs?

HA Hellyer asks: Do Arab governments adhere to the protection of the fundamental rights enshrined in their own laws?

OpinionJune 11, 2015
Mourners grieve over the coffin during the funeral of policemen, killed by a tank rigged with explosives, during a funeral in Najaf, south of Baghdad. Reuters
Arab world can’t endlessly take its cue from the US

Arabs should stop waiting for the US to do something for them. But to be effective Arab societies need to reform, argues HA Hellyer

OpinionJune 04, 2015
An aerial view of Cape Town, South Africa. David Rogers / Getty Images
South Africa’s Muslims are an example to all

Although the small Muslim community is well-integrated in Cape Town, Isil recruiters are being dragged from the city. It shows that there is no one-size-fits-all strategy to counter radicalism, writes HA Hellyer

OpinionMay 28, 2015
In a world where Islam and Muslims are constantly the subject of public discourse and discussion, the Islamophobia subject is hardly one that can be ignored. Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg News
With dialogue, Islamophobia can be beaten

In a world where Islam and Muslims are constantly the subject of public discourse and discussion, Islamophobia can't be ignored, writes HA Hellyer

OpinionMay 21, 2015
The two fundamental questions have yet to be answered convincingly: what is extremism and who should be challenging it? Militant Website / AP Photo
In the UK, who defines what extremism is?

HA Hellyer on the new extremism strategy being discussed in the UK

OpinionMay 14, 2015
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