Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens is a PhD candidate at King’s College, London and a Research Fellow at ICSR. His main area of study is the growth and success of English speaking Salafi-jihadist ideologues in the West.

Prior to joining ICSR, Alexander worked as a Fellow at Policy Exchange and the Centre for Social Cohesion, where he focused on radicalisation, ‘homegrown’ extremism and the far-right.

He has contributed to various online and printed publications including, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Lebanon's Daily Star, CTC Sentinel, Standpoint and NOWLebanon. His work has also been cited in the Weekly Standard, Observer, Daily Express, and by the BBC.

Alexander’s latest publication, 'As American As Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the Face of Western Jihad', was published by ICSR in September 2011.

He can be contacted vial email at alexander.hitchens@icsr.info