Rob Asghar
Fellow
Director of Communications, USC Office of the Provost
 
Rob Asghar is a Pakistani American political writer whose essays and commentaries have appeared in more than 30 newspapers around the world, including The Wall Street Journal, Denver Post, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jordan Times and Japan Times. Asghar has also been a columnist for Creators Syndicate and the Ashland Daily Tidings. Asghar began publishing columns about East-West relations and American foreign policy shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist strikes on American soil, offering a perspective shaped by his travels and his roots in Pakistan, a long-obscure country that emerged as a major front in the American war on terror. Asghar has also been a publicist and speechwriter for executives in business and academia, and has edited books on management and theology.