External articles by Nafeez M Ahmed

Somalia - Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Ever since 'Black Hawk Down', Somalia is not known as a country bearing good news. For over 20 years, the country has lacked a stable central government and been wracked by civil war

Huff Post UK

Sectarian Jihad in Syria: Made in the USA?

What has been largely been reported as a civil war in Syria is, in fact, no such thing

Foreign Policy in Focus

An old war in new clothes

International diplomacy in Syria has failed—but it's not too late to change course

Prospect

Time to Hold the Media to Account for Islamophobia

Over a decade after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington - and seven years after the London bombings - questions about Islam, Muslims and their place in the wider Western world continue to foment strong debate

Huff Post UK

UK: why Leveson must investigate Islamophobia

Le Monde diplomatique

Geert Wilders tries to break America

Luckily, his anti-Muslim tract gains little traction in the US

New Statesman

The road to a stable Afghanistan is through…the Pakistani countryside?

Since NATO’s Lisbon summit in November 2010, debate has raged over the decision to draw-down troops from Afghanistan by 2014. And in less than a month, NATO is to hold its 25th heads of state summit in Chicago on 20th May.

Foreign Policy

From clash to alliance: why the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation is an indispensable partner for western diplomacy

Le Monde diplomatique

Which Khan Can Save Pakistan?

Le Monde diplomatique

Our Own Worst Enemy

Militarization is no substitute for development when it comes to combating radicalism in the AfPak region

Foreign Policy in Focus

Occupy Planet Earth

CounterPunch

Burning Britain

CounterPunch

The Arab World’s Triple Crisis

A mere change of governments will not make Arab countries’ economic problems go away. Indeed, the converging effects of population growth, climate change, and energy depletion are setting the stage for a looming triple crisis in the region.

Project Syndicate

Tunisia, Egypt and the protracted collapse of the American empire

Le Monde diplomatique

Oil or Terrorism: Which Motivates U.S. Policy More?

The United States is more interested in access to energy sources than fighting terrorism

Foreign Policy in Focus

The age of cheap oil is over

There is no time for denial. Governments and communities need to start adapting now

New Statesman

The end of cheap oil

Le Monde diplomatique

UK cuts won’t work

Le Monde diplomatique

Sliding toward climate catastrophe

Le Monde diplomatique

Pakistan and America: costs of militarism

Pakistan’s immense problems can begin to be solved only when powerful interests in Islamabad and Washington end their commitment to armed solutions

openDemocracy

Pakistan’s double game

Prospect

Hitchens Has No Clothes: A response to Vidal Loco

The Independent

Our terrorists

Islamic fundamentalist militants are the enemies of Israel and Western governments, right? Think again

New Internationalist

Blair’s Exit

CounterPunch