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The World Today - October issueThe World Today - October issue
Monday 6 October 2008
The current financial crisis should come as no surprise, writes Dr Paola Subacchi in this month's The World Today....

Somali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International CommunitySomali Piracy: A Growing Issue for Africa and the International Community
Thursday 2 October 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008 and threatens to disrupt international trade and...

Six Perspectives on the Georgia ConflictSix Perspectives on the Georgia Conflict
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Six new briefing notes from the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House offer analysis and insight on the...

Making Sense of the EU Climate Change Package
October, 2008
The EU is currently at a hectic stage in the development of its internal climate change policies. Having proposed...

Piracy in Somalia: Threatening Global Trade, Feeding Local Wars
October, 2008
Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled in 2008; so far over 60 ships have been...

Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable Forest Use in the Democratic Republic of Congo
October, 2008
Download Paper here (French version) This is a report of a meeting, Alternative Management Models and Finance Mechanisms for Sustainable...

After the Battle: What the August War will mean for Russia's Domestic Politics
September, 2008
The true driver of Russia's foreign agenda is the domestic situation. The Russian ruling class has returned to a...

 

 

Dr Maha Azzam

Dr Maha Azzam

Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme

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Expertise

  • Political Islam
  • Islam and Globalisation
  • Middle East Politics
  • Islamist Groups in the Middle East with particular reference to Egypt
  • Ideology of the al-Qaeda

Projects

  • Currently writing a book on Political Islam for Blackwell/Chatham House.

Recent Publications

  • 'The Centrality of Ideology in Counter-Terrorism Strategies in the Middle East', in James Forest (ed.) Counter Terrorism in the 21st Century (Praeger Security International 2007)
  • 'Some Local and Global Dimensions in the Radicalisation of Muslim Communities in Europe', The Brown Journal of World Affairs, 2007
  • 'Al-Qaeda-Five years on', Chatham House Briefing Paper, London, September 2006
  • 'Islamism Revisited', International Affairs, vol 82, no.6, November 2006
  • 'Political Islam and the Ideology of Violence', in Professor James Forest (ed.) The Making of a Terrorist (Praeger Press 2006)
  • 'Militant Islamism in Egypt and the new Jihad', in Jean-Luc (ed.) Jihadism (University Press France 2005)

Experience

2002-Present Associate Fellow, Middle East Programme, Chatham House
1995-1999 Head of Programme on Security and Development in Muslim States, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Whitehall London SW1A 2ET
1993-1995 Research Fellow, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Whitehall London SW1A 2ET
1990-1991 Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London

Broadcast Experience

Extensive

Languages

Bi-lingual English/Arabic