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Alistair Harris
Position: Associate Fellow
Alistair Harris is a former diplomat and UN staff member. He is an Associate Fellow at RUSI and frequent commentator for RUSI on Middle Eastern issues, as well Director of the research consultancy Pursue Ltd. A specialist in counter-radicalisation, security sector assistance and post-conflict stabilisation, he has worked in recent years in the Balkans, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and Africa.
Alistair has a first class degree from Emmanuel College Cambridge and is a graduate student at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St Andrews University.
RUSI articles and analysis by this author
The 9/11 Reading List: Al-Qa'ida's Insurgency Doctrine
3 Aug 2011Alistair Harris reviews 'Al-Qa’ida’s Doctrine for Insurgency: Abd Al-Aziz Al-Muqrin’s "A Practical Course for Guerrilla War"' translated and analysed by Norman Cigar
The Uncertainties of Change: The Arab Spring and Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula
1 Aug 2011Drone attacks will be unable to undermine AQAP's local attachments in Yemen
Al-Qa'ida in Yemen: Situation Update and Recommendations for Policy Makers
8 Jan 2010It has now become apparent that the airline bomb suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was trained in Yemen by Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula. Neither the threat of this attack nor the danger posed by the group to Western interests should be exaggerated.
The State of Yemen
16 Dec 2009Yemen is less a failed state than a stillborn one. Focusing on the threat of Al-Qa’ida in Yemen ignores its economic and political context.
Lebanese Elections: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
11 Jun 2009The Lebanese elections were carried out peacefully, demonstrating progress in the democratic process, but a successful day of polling cannot completely cover remaining tensions between 'March 14' and 'March 8'.
Gaza and Lebanon: A Tale of Two Wars
2 Jan 2009The underlying logic to the current Israeli military response in Gaza is that Hamas can somehow be destroyed. Instead, the strategy will fuel support for Hamas and will feed the single narrative of suffering that sustains Al-Qa’ida and its global ideological affiliates.
The Cedar Dissolution: Lebanon’s Civil Strife
15 May 2008The latest stand-off between Hezbollah and the Lebanese government underlines the primacy of the Shia movement. They have now fundamentally challenged the terms of the grand bargain between Lebanon’s many different sects and confessions.
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