Ryan Evans

Ryan Evans is a Research Fellow at the Center for National Policy in Washington, DC. He specializes in the conflict in Afghanistan, civil society and foreign policy in Turkey and Egypt, and Islamist mobilization. From 2010-11, Evans worked for the US Army's Human Terrain System in Afghanistan where he was embedded as a social scientist supporting the British-led Task Force Helmand. For his PhD research at the King’s College London War Studies Department, Evans is examining the relationship between Islamic political activism and foreign and security policies in Turkey and Egypt. He has an MA in Intelligence and International Security from King's College London. During his time at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, Evans led research into violent extremism and mobilization in Western Muslim communities.

Ryan can be contacted at - ryan.evans@icsr.info or @EvansRyan202