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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, and is currently a regular blogger for the Los Angeles Daily News. 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 serves as the communications director for the Office of the Provost at USC; he has been a publicist and speechwriter for executives in business and academia, and has edited books on management and theology. He is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Recent Publications by Rob Asghar
2010 -- Lessons From the Holy Wars: A Pakistani-American Odyssey Wheatmark Book Publishers
October 30, 2009 -- That's Not A Red Carpet In Pakistan - That's A Blood-Stain CPD Blog
October 7, 2009 -- Should I Stay or Should I Go: Making Sense of an American “Invasion” CPD Blog
August 27, 2009 -- Public Diplomacy and Public Drama in Pakistan CPD Blog
August 12, 2009 -- No Excuses for Failure in Pakistan Huffington Post
July 20, 2009 -- PD in Pakistan, and Why Al Qaeda Knows Something the U.S. Could Learn CPD Blog
June 22, 2009 -- When Silence is Golden in PD CPD Blog
June 15, 2009 -- An Army of One? Foreign Policy
June 4, 2009 -- The Cairo Speech: A Quick Analysis CPD Blog
May 7, 2009 -- PD as Global Therapy: Can the Family of Nations Get Along? CPD Blog
Rob Asghar in the News
January 27, 2010 -- CPD University Fellow Asghar Offers “Lessons from the Holy Wars” CPD Announcements
June 13, 2009 -- Iran election scrutinized for 'Obama effect' San Francisco Chronicle
April 20, 2009 -- Postcards from 'The Most Dangerous Place on Earth'. Pakistani American writer and CPD fellow Rob Asghar shares vivid personal stories and political analysis from his once-obscure homeland.
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