Osama Ahmad is an Islamabad-based freelance journalist and researcher. He writes about
democracy, human rights, regional security, geopolitics, organized crime, technology, gender
disparities, political violence, militancy, conflict and post-conflict, climate change, and ethnic
nationalism. His works have been published by The New Humanitarian, The Jamestown
Foundation, The Contrapuntal, FairPlanet, South Asian Voices, The Express Tribune, and
The News on Sunday. He tweets at @OsamaAhmad432.