H.A. Hellyer

Dr. H.A. Hellyer, a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focuses on geopolitics, security studies, and international affairs. With expertise in MENA, the West, and Southeast Asia, he is also a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies and Cambridge University. On Twitter: @hahellyer

Egypt | Nov 16, 2016

Will Trump be open to dialogue with Islamists?

While President-elect Donald Trump took a strong stance against Islamists during his campaign, his openness to Turkey’s Justice and Development Party-led government shows that the coming administration’s approach to Islamists is still unknown.

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a bi-lateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTSOIF0

Egypt | Jul 13, 2016

Why Sisi, Erdogan won't be making up anytime soon

Relations between Egypt and Turkey may remain cold as long as Cairo continues to repress the Muslim Brotherhood.

Pro-Islamist demonstrators hold a banner that reads "Coup leaders can't trial Mursi" during a protest in support former President Mohamed Mursi at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2015. An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. Mursi and his fellow defendants, including top Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, were convicted for killing and kidnapp

Egypt | Jul 16, 2015

Italian Consulate bombing hits home for Cairo, Rome

The security situation in Egypt is precarious, with little hope for future improvement.

An Egyptian emergency personnel arrives at the site following a bomb blast at the Italian Consulate in Cairo, Egypt, July 11, 2015. A bomb exploded in front of the Italian consulate in Cairo on Saturday, killing one person, the health ministry and security officials said, raising the possibility that Islamist militants could open a new front against foreigners. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX1JYUC

Egypt | Jun 15, 2015

Is Egypt's Brotherhood choosing escalation over peace?

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt today seems weaker and more poised to resort to violence.

Pro-Islamist demonstrators shout slogans in favour of former President Mohamed Mursi during a protest in support of him at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, May 17, 2015. An Egyptian court on Saturday sought the death penalty for former president Mohamed Mursi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood in connection with a mass jail break in 2011. Mursi and his fellow defendants, including top Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, were convicted for killing and kidnapping policemen, attacking

Egypt | Apr 15, 2015

US relations with Egypt: one problem at a time

American-Egyptian relations are structured in a piecemeal fashion, lacking strategic thinking and planning for long-term stability.

Egyptian army soldiers on a tank are positioned outside Cairo's Tora prison, where the trial of Al Jazeera journalists and other foreign media is due to take place, February 20, 2014. Egypt put three Al Jazeera journalists on trial on Thursday on charges of aiding Egyptians belonging to a "terrorist organisation", in a case criticised by human rights groups who say the authorities are stamping out freedom of expression. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) - RTX196JB

Saudi Arabia | Mar 23, 2015

The new Saudi king, Egypt and the MB

Saudi Arabia might be witnessing a slow shift in the region, especially since the new King Salman seems friendlier to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood than his predecessor.

Saudi Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdul-Aziz (R) arrives for the opening of the Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, about 550 km (342 miles) south of Cairo, March 13, 2015. Egypt expects to sign agreements worth up to $20 billion at the weekend investment summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, its investment minister said on Friday. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ROYALS) - RTR4T975

Egypt | Aug 18, 2014

Egypt should engage global community on Rabia

Egypt’s international reputation will continue to sink if it fails to uphold accountability for the bloody dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo last August that resulted in the deaths of over 1,000 people.

A student supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi waves the yellow flag bearing the four-fingered Rabaa sign during a demonstration outside Cairo University May 14, 2014. The demonstration was held by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and the pro-Mursi Anti-Coup National Alliance against the military, interior ministry and presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former army chief who deposed the Brotherhood's Mursi. The "Rabaa" sign is a reference to the poli

Palestine | Aug 1, 2014

Regional integration only way for Israel to achieve security

Israel needs to see the long-term security benefits of integrating with the region, which can only come with a comprehensive and just settlement to the Palestinian conflict.