Dr H. A. Hellyer, an internationally recognised expert on security and international affairs, has operated at the nexus of government policy and think-tanks for the past 20 years. He currently serves as Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, following prolonged tenures at Brookings and Carnegie. Formerly Deputy Convenor of the UK Government’s Taskforce on radicalisation, Dr Hellyer also served in the UK Foreign Office and held positions in Harvard and Cambridge universities. A research entrepreneur and coordinator, Dr Hellyer is the author of 10 books, 100s of op-ed articles and regularly consulted by media for his expertise.

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Dr Hellyer’s career has included senior research positions at the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the Atlantic Council. His career has seen him engage in different regions, including southeast Asia, where he was Fellow at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Malaysia, and the Gulf, where he served as the first Arab world-based Senior Practice Consultant at the Gallup Organisation. Different governments repeatedly call upon Dr Hellyer for his non-partisan expertise, in the US, the UK, the EU, MENA, and Southeast Asia. Likewise, his insights are regularly sought by the international media networks such as CNN and the BBC, with op-eds for publications like the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, the New York Times, and the Guardian. He was elected as Fellow (FRSA) of the Royal Society of Arts, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) for his scholarly and public impact.  

An accomplished research entrepreneur, he has led multinational research teams and has sourced millions of dollars for his research projects. He has held academic attachments at the universities of Harvard, Cambridge, and the American University in Cairo.