How do we return Egypt to the path of democracy? Caabu members briefing with Dr H. A. Hellyer

16 Sep 2013 16:00 - 17:30

Please join Caabu for a private briefing and Q&A session on returning Egypt to the path of democracy with Dr. H. A. Hellyer, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a nonresident fellow with the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at Brookings. The event is for Caabu members only. If you would like to become a member, please join here.  

When:Monday, 16 September, 4pm
Where: Committee Room 4A, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament  

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Chair:Lord Risby 

About the speaker:

Dr. H. A. Hellyeris an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London, and a nonresident fellow with the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. Previously, he was the first MENA based Senior Practice Consultant at the Gallup Organisation, where he focused much of his analysis on public opinion in Egypt in the aftermath of the 2011 uprising, and was Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. He has also served in an advisory capacity with security clearance to the British government; in particular, as Deputy Convenor of the UK Government's Taskforce on 'Tackling Radicalisation and Extremism' after the London bombings in 2005, and as the FCO first Economic and Social Research Council Fellow as part of the 'Islam Team' and then the 'Counter-Terrorism Team'. A member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, he is a widely published author and commentator on Egyptian affairs and the Middle East, where he has been consistently since 2010, for outlets such as the Guardian, the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and the New York Times. 

Dr. Hellyer's expertise has been called upon by different governmental and non-governmental actors including the U.K. House of Commons, the U.S. Departments of State and of Homeland Security, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He has authored several books and monographs, and has contributed more than 20 book chapters and journal articles to various presses. Some of his more recent publications include Muslims of Europe: the 'Other' Europeans (Edinburgh University Press, 2009), Engagement with the Muslim Community and Counter-Terrorism: British Lessons for the West (The Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, December 2007), and The Chance for Change in the Arab World: Egypt's Uprising (Chatham House Journal of International Affairs, November 2011).

Dr. Hellyer's academic career, where he continues to look at political philosophy, law, and the interchange between the West and the Muslim world, has included affiliations at the American University in Cairo, the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies of the University of Oxford, and the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

You can read Dr. Hellyer's most recent articles about Egypt here.

If you would like to attend this talk with Dr. Hisham A. Hellyer, please RSVP to Joseph Willits ([email protected]), or get in touch via Twitter. You can also communicate with us on our new Facebook group.

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To enter parliament, please use Portcullis House main entrance, marked 7 on this map.
 

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