Osama Ahmad

Osama Ahmad is an Islamabad-based researcher and freelance journalist currently working as a Field Researcher and Data Analyst with the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). He writes about regional security, geopolitics, cybercrime & cyberterrorism, organized crime, technology, human rights, gender disparities, political violence, militancy, conflict and post-conflict, countering violent extremism, climate change, and ethnic nationalism. His research articles and analysis have been published by the Terrorism Monitor of The Jamestown Foundation, FairPlanet, The Express Tribune, The News on Sunday, and The Friday Times. He holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature and Language from Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, and a master's degree in Political Science from the University of Peshawar. Earlier, he worked as a research assistant with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on a comprehensive research project focusing on mainstreaming Pakistan's merged districts formerly known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).