Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Muhammad Idrees Ahmad (@im_pulse) is a lecturer in digital journalism at the University of Stirling in Scotland and a coeditor of PULSE. He is the author of The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War.

US and Kuwaiti soldiers close a gate between Iraq and Kuwait in December 2011.

Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria? Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?

Five years after the Arab Spring began, four experts debate a pressing question that remains unsettled on the left.

Jan 14, 2016 / That’s Debatable / Jeff Faux, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Phyllis Bennis, and Sherle R. Schwenninger

Rafia Zakaria (credit: Jeremy Hogan)

Divided Affections Divided Affections

One writer’s fight against traditions that stifle women in Pakistan.

Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Tony Judt

The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel

Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”

Jul 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Courting Disaster

Courting Disaster Courting Disaster

Why does the Pakistani military pick unwinnable fights?

Dec 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

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