A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Emmanuel Karagiannis

Emmanuel Karagiannis

Former Investigator

Lead Investigator on START Research Projects

European Converts to Islam: An Evolving Threat?

June 2009 to May 2011

Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: The Challenge of a Non-Violent Radical Islam

June 2005 to June 2009

Selected Publications

The New Face of Political Islam in Central Asia: The Rise of Islamo-democrats (Journal Article)

Shifting Eastern Mediterranean Alliances (Journal Article)

Ukrainian Volunteer Fighters in the Eastern Front: Ideas, Political-Social Norms and Emotions as Mobilization Mechanisms (Journal Article)

The Russian Interventions in South Ossetia and Crimea Compared: Military Performance, Legitimacy and Goals (Journal Article)

Comparative Islamist Perspectives on the Politics of Energy in the Middle East and Beyond (Journal Article)

Defining and Understanding the Jihadi-Salafi Movement (Journal Article)

Transnational Islamist Networks: Western Fighters in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria (Journal Article)

The Emerging Red-Green Alliance: Where Political Islam Meets the Radical Left (Journal Article)

Who is to Blame for the Afghan-Pak Mess? A Review of Ahmed Rashid's Book entitled "Descent into Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" (Book Review)

Political Islam in Central Asia: The Role of Hizb al-Tahrir (Journal Article)

China's Pipeline Diplomacy: Assessing the Threat of Low-Intensity Conflicts (Journal Article)

Political Islam in Central Asia: On the Trail of Hizb ut-Tahrir (Journal Article)

Hizballah as a Social Movement Organization: A Framing Approach (Journal Article)

Political Islam in the former Soviet Union: Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan Compared (Book)

The Rise of Political Islam in Kazakhstan: Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Journal Article)

Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami: Evaluating the Threat Posed by a Radical Islamic Group that Remains Nonviolent (Journal Article)

Political Islam in Uzbekistan: Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Journal Article)

Political Islam in Southern Kazakhstan: Hizb ut-Tahrir (Journal Article)

The Challenge of Radical Islam in Tajikistan: Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Journal Article)

Political Islam and Social Movement Theory: The Case of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Kyrgyzstan (Journal Article)