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Rob Asghar
CPD University Fellow
Office of the President


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, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, 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 contributor to the Huffington Post. 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 a communications adviser to the Office of the President 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.

Recent Publications by Rob Asghar
November 29, 2011 - A "Frenemy" Tipping Point CPD Blog

November 9, 2011 - Pakistan: Neither Friend Nor Foe... Yet CPD Blog

May 6, 2011 - Sorry About Osama: Can We Still Be Friends? CPD Blog

January 5, 2011 - Pakistan: When U.S. Policy Limits Public Diplomacy CPD Blog

March 2010 - Cultural Diplomacy in India and Pakistan: Moving Beyond the Empty Gesture, PDiN Monitor, Volume 1, Issue 3

2010 - Lessons From the Holy Wars: A Pakistani-American Odyssey Wheatmark Book Publishers


Rob Asghar in the News
March 4, 2010 -- CPD University Fellow Asghar blogs on faith at washingtonpost.com, in a post that discusses the relationship between religion and freedom of expression. Washingtonpost.com

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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