Guy Fiennes is a Research Associate at ISD UK, specialising in Islamist extremism. He is multilingual and a MENA specialist. His research contributes to a wide range of investigations at ISD including projects related to Russian information operations, far-right extremism and the Israel-Hamas war. Previously, he was Project Coordinator for the NATO & the Global Enduring Disorder Project while it launched the Disorder Podcast. He holds an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies with Persian.