RiazCV Dec 30 2023

Dept.
of Politics & Government,

Illinois State University
Box 4600; Normal, IL- 61790-4600
Tel: Office/309-438-8145
e-mail: [email protected]
Ali Riaz, Ph.D

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Distinguished Professor Department of Politics & Government Illinois State

University, Normal, Illinois, USA
August 2018-
Visiting Researcher Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, Political

Science Department, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Feb 2023- May 2023 (On sabbatical from ISU)
Thomas E Eimermann Professor Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State

University, Normal, USA
(2018-2020)
Nonresident Senior Fellow Atlantic Council, Washington. D.C. USA

(March 2020 -
University Professor Department of Politics & Government Illinois State

August 2012- July 2018
Professor
July 2008 – July 2012 Department of Politics & Government, Illinois State
Chairperson
August 1, 2007 – June 30, 2017 Department of Politics & Government, Illinois State
Public Policy Scholar Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,

Washington D.C. USA
September 1, 2013 – 20 December 2013 (On sabbatical from ISU)
Associate Professor
August 2005 – June 2008 Department of Politics & Government, Illinois State
Concurrently held the positions of Director of Minor in Middle Eastern and South Asian
Studies (August 2005-2007); and Associate Director of the Unit for International
Linkages at the Office of International Studies and Program (August 2005-May 2007).
Assistant Professor
August 2002 – July 2005 Department of Politics & Government, Illinois State
Concurrently held the position of Associate Director (2003-2005), Unit of Middle Eastern
and South Asian Studies, Office of International Studies, Illinois State University
Associate Professor
August 2001 - May 2002 Department of Mass Communications, Claflin University,
Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Senior Lecturer
August 2000 - July 2001 Department of Journalism and Humanities, University of
Lincoln, Lincoln, England
Broadcast Journalist /Senior Broadcast Journalist

July 1995 - June 2000 British Broadcasting Corporation, World Service, Bengali Section,
London, England
Assistant Professor
Sept 1993 - June 1995 Dept. of Mass Communication & Journalism, Dhaka
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer
July 1993 - August 1993 Dept. of Mass Communication & Journalism, Dhaka
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Lecturer
May 1984 - June 1987 Dept. of Mass Communication & Journalism, Dhaka
University, Dhaka Bangladesh
Sub-editor/ Reporter
July 1982 - August 1983 Daily Sangbad, a national daily, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
EDUCATION
PhD in Political Science, 1993, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Dissertation title: State, Class and Military Rule in Bangladesh, 1972-1982.
MS in Political Science, 1991, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
MS in Communications, 1989, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Thesis title: Foreign News Coverage in Bangladesh Television: Analysis of News Content
and Selection Process.
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MA in Mass Communication and Journalism, 1982, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thesis title: Communication Network in Bangladesh: Television.
BA (Honor) in Mass Communication and Journalism, 1980, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
SCHOLARSHIP
Current Projects
Digital Security Act 2018 in Bangladesh, Centre for Governance Studies (Bangladesh)
funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED, Washington D.C.).
https://freedominfo.net/
Understanding Islamic Education in Bangladesh: Qwami Madrassahs and Parental

Choice, supported by funding from Thomas Eimermann Professorship (2018-2020),
Illinois State University.
Recent Projects
Who Defends the Defenders. Examination of the plights of human rights activists in
Bangladesh based on a survey. Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka,
Bangladesh. July 2023.
Executions at Will? Extrajudicial Killings by State Actors in Bangladesh.

Documentation and analyses of the extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh between January
2019 and March 2022. Center for Governance Studies (Dhaka, Bangladesh). October
2021- March 2022
Where are They? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh. Documentation and

analyses of the incidents of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh between January
2019 and March 2022. Center for Governance Studies (Dhaka, Bangladesh). October
2021- March 2022
Who Owns the Media in Bangladesh? The political economy of media ownership in
Bangladesh. Co-PI (with Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman), Centre for Governance Studies
(Bangladesh), funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED, Washington
D.C.), October 2019-December 2020. https://bdmediaowners.com/
Bangladeshi Beliefs about Religion and Public Life

Co-PI (with C Christine Fair, Georgetown University) of a Survey of 4000 Bangladeshis,
project funded by RESOLVE (Researching Solutions to Violent Extremism)/US Institute
of Peace, October 2016-September 2017.
Forthcoming publications
Books
Pathways of Autocratization: The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics (London:

Routledge, 2024)
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How Autocrats Rise: Sequences of Democratic Backsliding. (Co-authored with Md.
Sohel Rana) (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Book Chapters
“Islamist politics in Bangladesh: The nature, scope and the pathway”. Fifty Years of
Bangladesh: Economy, Politics, Society and Culture eds. Rounaq Jahan and Rehman
Sobhan. (London: Routledge, 2024).
“The Making of an Autocratic Regime: Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh”, State of

Democracy in the Variegated Landscape of South Asia, eds. Aijaz Ashraf Wani & Arshid
Iqbal Dar. (London: Routledge, 2024).
‘Bangladesh’, Introduction to South Asian Politics (2nd edition). ed. Neil DeVotta.
(London: Routledge, 2024).
“Construction and Reconstruction of Identity of the Bangladeshi Diaspora”. Bangladesh

on a New Journey: Moving beyond the Regional Identity, ed. Sreeradha Datta. (New
Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2024).
Publications: Books (in English):
2023 Trials and Tribulations: Politics, Economy and Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.
Thirteen essays on political economy and foreign affairs of Bangladesh. (Dhaka:
Prothoma, 2023)
2022 More than Meets the Eye: Essays on Bangladeshi Politics

Thirteen essays on political structure and events of Bangladeshi politics of the past
decade. (Dhaka: University Press Limited, 2022).
2021 Religion and Politics in South Asia, Second edition, edited volume. London:
Routledge, 2021. (First edition published in 2010, completely updated version with new
introduction and two additional chapters).
2019 Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Elections

Examination of the politics and election in a hybrid regime using 2018 Bangladeshi
election as a case study. (Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, 2019).
2018 Political Violence in South Asia

Coedited volume, with Zobaida Nasreen and Fahmida Zaman, on various aspects of
political violence in South Asia namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal
(London/ New York: November 2018).
Undying Issues: Reframing Debates on Contemporary Challenges

Essays on governance, violence, secularism and religion and politics. (Dhaka: Pathak
Samabesh).
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2017 Lived Islam and Islamism in Bangladesh
Discussions on various dimensions of local and transnational Islamic practices and
political Islam in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: Prothoma).
2016 Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence.

Examines the political history of the eighth most populous country of the world focusing
on the issues of democracy, identity and development. Provides a comprehensive and
unique overview of political and historical developments in Bangladesh since 1971.
(London and NY: I B Tauris; Paperback edition 2019; New Delhi/London:
Bloomsbury).
2016 Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh

Co-edited volume, with Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman. 34 Chapters on various aspects
Bangladeshi politics, society, economy and media. (London and NY: Routledge;
paperback edition 2020).
2015 How Did We Arrive Here?

Collection of essays on the contemporary political events in Bangladesh. (Dhaka:
Prothoma).
2013 Islam and Identity Politics among British-Bangladeshis: A Leap of Faith

Examines identity politics among the Bangladeshi diaspora delves into the micro-level
dynamics, the internal and external factors and the role of the state and locates these
within the broad framework of Muslim identity and Islamism, citizenship and the future
of multiculturalism in Europe. (Manchester, UK; Manchester University Press).
2012 Inconvenient Truths About Bangladeshi Politics,

Collection of essays on the problems of democratization and democratic practices in
Bangladesh. (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Prothoma). Second edition published in 2013.
2011 Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh,

Co-edited volume, with C. Christine Fair. 8 Chapters on various aspects of Islamist
politics in Bangladesh. (London and New York: Routledge), Project funded by the
United States Peace Institute (USIP), New York, USA. 14 Dec 2005 – 15 June 2009.
2010 Religion and Politics in South Asia

Edited volume includes six country studies and an introduction. (London and New York:
Routledge).
2009 (Re) Reading Taslima Nasrin: Context, Contents and Constructions

Edited volume, includes 11 essays on controversial Bangladeshi feminist author Taslima
Nasrin. (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Shrabon Prokashani).
2008 Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia

An in-depth study of the history and roles of Islamic education in Pakistan, India and
Bangladesh and the significance of these institutions in contemporary politics. (New
Brunswick/London: Rutgers University Press). Paperback edition published in 2013.
2008 Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web.
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An examination of the domestic, regional and international dynamics of the growing
militancy in Bangladesh. (London/New York: Routledge). Paperback edition published
in 2010.
2007 Paradise Lost? State Failure in Nepal

Co-authored with Subho Basu, A study of relationships between state and society in
Nepal. The book examines the causes of and conditions for the Maoist insurgency and
explores the factors contributing to the inability of the constitutional political forces to
appeal to the Nepali population. (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books).
2005 Unfolding State: The Transformation of Bangladesh

Discussion on the formation and transformation of states in peripheral societies with
special reference to Bangladesh and Tanzania. (Ontario, Canada: de Sitter Publications).
2004 God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh.

Analysis of the rise of the Islamist politics in Bangladesh. (Lanham, MD: Rowman and
Littlefield).
1995 Voice & Silence: Contextualizing Taslima Nasreen

Critical analysis of Taslima Nasreen’s writing, media coverage of the debate relating to
Nasreen’s alleged blasphemous statement, and the political dynamics of the events of
July-August, 1994. (Dhaka: Ankur Prakashani).
1994 State, Class and Military Rule: Political Economy of Martial Law in Bangladesh,
A structural-historical interpretation of the causes of and conditions for military rule in
Bangladesh. (Dhaka: Nadi New Press).
Published Book Chapters in English
2023 “Constitutionalism Interrupted or Constitutionalism Absent? The Divergence of

Constitution and Politics in Bangladesh”. A History of the Constitution of Bangladesh:
The Founding, Development, and Way Ahead, eds. Ridwanul Hoque, Rokeya Chowdhury
(London: Routledge, 2023).
‘Three Decades of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh’. The Politics of Terrorism and

Counterterrorism in Bangladesh, eds. Saimum Parvez and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman,
(London: Routledge).
‘Understanding the Radicalization of the Bangladeshi Society and Politics’, Dominating

Through Hate: Religious Majoritarianism in South Asia, ed. Farhanaz Ispahani, (New
Delhi: HarperCollins).
‘Democracy Deficit in D-8.’ (Co-authored with Md. Sohel Rana) In Economic

Integration and Global Governance in Emerging Muslim Economies: Prospect and
Challenges for D-8 Countries, eds. Ahmed Masood Khalid, James Ferguson, and M Niaz
Asadullah. (Singapore: World Scientific).
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‘Bangladesh’s International Relations with South Asia and Beyond’, Routledge
Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia, eds. Sumit Ganguly, Frank
O'Donnell (London: Routledge,)
2022 ‘Bangladesh’s International Relations with South Asia and Beyond’, Routledge
Handbook of the International Relations of South Asia, eds. Šumit Ganguly, Frank
O'Donnell (London: Routledge, 2023)
‘Bangladesh in the Midst of Vaccine Diplomacy’ The Covid-19 Crisis in South Asia:
Coping with the Pandemic eds. Sumit Ganguly, Dinsha Mistree (London: Routledge)
‘The culture of fear in global politics’, Culture of Fear on World Politics: Origin and
Ramifications, ed. Bikash Ranjan Deb (Kolkata, India: Levant Books, 2022)
‘Religious Radicalization in Bangladesh’, The Emergence of Bangladesh:

Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds. Habibul Haque Khondker, Olav Titus Muurlink, Asif
Bin Ali (New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2022).
‘Bangladesh: In pursuit of a one-party state?’ Routledge Handbook of Autocratization.

ed. Sten Widmalm. (London: Routledge, 2022).
2021 ‘Working Under the ‘Sword of Damocles’: Experiences of Journalists in a Hybrid

Regime’, (co-authored with Fahmida Zaman). Masks of Authoritarianism Hegemony,
Power and Public Life in Bangladesh eds. Arild Engelsen Ruud and Mubashar Hasan
(Singapore: Palgrave, 2021)
‘Four Challenges to Governance in South Asia,’, Governance in the 21st Century in

South Asia: Challenges and Ways Forward, ed. Shamsun Naher Khanam (Dhaka:
Hakkani Publishers).
‘Religion and Society in Bangladesh: Unpacking the Multilayered Relationships,’

Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions, ed. Knut Jacobsen, (London: Routledge,
2021).
‘Bangladesh: the return of religion to the political center stage’, Religion and Politics in
South Asia. ed. Ali Riaz. (London: Routledge, 2021)
‘Introduction: the tangled web of religion and politics in South Asia’, Religion and
Politics in South Asia. ed. Ali Riaz. (London: Routledge, 2021)
2020 ‘The Legislature as a Tool, Executives’ Power Grab, and Civilian Authoritarianism:
The Bangladesh Case’, Legislative Decline in the 21st Century: A Comparative
Perspective, eds, Irina Khmelko, Frederick Stapenhurst, Michael Mezey, London:
Routledge, 2020.
‘Bangladesh: holding together a low cohesion society,’ Social Cohesion in Asia

Historical Origins, Contemporary Shapes and Future Dynamics, eds. Aurel Croissant
and Peter Walkenhorst, London: Routledge, 2020.
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2019 “The Nature and Quality of Democracy in Bangladesh (1991-2013): An Assessment, ” in
Ahrar Ahmad, Navine Murshid, Akhlaque Haque and Rahim Quazi (Eds.) Governance
and The Governed: Democracy and Development in Bangladesh, Dhaka: UPL.
2018 “A Taxonomy of Political Violence in South Asia,” in Ali Riaz, Zobaida Nasreen and
Fahmida Zaman (eds), Political Violence in South Asia (London: Routledge, 2018)
“Perspectives on Political Violence in South Asia”, Co-authored with Fahmida Zaman,

Zobaida Nasreen, in in Ali Riaz, Zobaida Nasreen and Fahmida Zaman (eds), Political
Violence in South Asia (London: Routledge, 2018)
“Bangladesh”, Europa Regional Surveys of the World: South Asia 2019. 16th Edition.
(London: Taylor and Francis, 2018).
2017 “Bangladesh”, Europa Regional Surveys of the World: South Asia 2018. 15th Edition.
2016 “Modi’s South Asia Reset”, in Yamini Chowdhury and Anusua Diya Chowdhury (eds),
Modi’s Men & the World: The Ring view Inside Out, (New Delhi: Bloomsbury India,
2016).
“Political Parties, Elections and Party Systems” in Ali Riaz and Muhammad Sajjadur
Rahman (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh, (London and NY:
Routledge).
“Introduction” (co-authored Muhammad Sajjadur Rahman), in Ali Riaz and Muhammad

Sajjadur Rahman (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh, (London
and NY: Routledge).
2015 “Bangladesh” in Neil DeVotta (ed.), Introduction to South Asian Politics, (London:
Routledge).
2014 “Electoral Democracy and Human Rights” in Imtiaz Ahmed (ed.), Human Rights in
Bangladesh: Past, Present and Futures, Dhaka: University Press Limited.)
“Islamist Parties, Elections and Democracy in Bangladesh” in Julie Chernov Hwang and
R. Quinn Mecham (eds.), Playing by the Rules: Islamist Parties in Asia and the Middle
East. (Philadelphia: UPenn Press).
“Being Bengali Abroad: Identity Politics among the Bengali Community in Britain”, in
Mridula Nath Chakraborty (ed.), Being Bengali: At Home and in the World, (London and
New York: Taylor and Francis).
“Madrassah Education in Bangladesh: Contestations and Accommodations”, in Sa'eda

Buang and Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (eds.), Muslim Education in the 21st Century: Asian
Perspectives, (London: Taylor and Francis).
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(London: Taylor and Francis).
2013 “Water, Security and Challenges Ahead” in M Froze Ahmed, Md. Khalequzzaman and
Tanvir Ahmed, Water Resources in South Asia: Conflict and Cooperation. (Dhaka:
Bangladesh Environment Network).
“Scholarship in and on South Asia 2060”, in Moeed Yusuf and Adil Najam (eds),
South Asia 2060: Envisioning Regional Futures (London: Anthem Press).
“Commentary” on Bangladesh Constitution, in John Esposito (ed.), Oxford Islamic

Studies Online, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013).
2012 “Islam, Islamization and Politics in Bangladesh”, in Christophe Jaffrelot and Aminah
Mohammad-Arif, Politics and Religion in South Asia: Whither Secularism (Politque Et
Religions en Asie du Sud), Collection 30 Purusartha, (Paris: Editions de L’Ecole and des
Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.)
London: Taylor and Francis).
2011 “Parental Choice of Qwami Madrassahs in Bangladesh” in Syed Saad Andaleeb, Halimur
Rahman Khan and Manzoor Ahmed (eds.), Education and National Development:
Selected Papers from the 2008 and 2009 Conferences on Bangladesh at Harvard
University. (Dhaka: University Press Limited).
“Religion as a Political Ideology in South Asia” in Ishtiaq Ahmed (ed.) The Politics of
Religion in South and Southeast Asia, (London and New York: Routledge.)
“Bangladesh” in Daniel Moran (ed), Climate Change and National Security: A Country-
level Analysis, (Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press).
“Bangladesh”, Europa Regional Surveys of the World: South Asia 2012, 9th Edition.
2010 “Bangladesh: ‘A Weak State’ with Multiple Security Challenges” in T. V. Paul (ed.)
South Asia’s Weak States: Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament,
(Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.)
“Islamist Politics and Education” in Ali Riaz and C. Christine Fair (eds), Political Islam
and Governance in Bangladesh, (London/New York: Routledge).
“Who are The Islamists?” (with Kh. Ali Ar Raji) in Ali Riaz and C. Christine Fair (eds),
Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh, (London/New York: Routledge).
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“Islamist Politics and Popular Culture” (with Md. Abu Naser) in Ali Riaz and C.
Christine Fair (eds), Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh, (London/New York:
Routledge).
“Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: Regional and Extra-regional Dimensions” (with

Jessica Bastian) in Ali Riaz and C. Christine Fair (eds), Political Islam and Governance
in Bangladesh, (London/New York: Routledge).
“Three Arguments about Religion-Politics Nexus” in Ali Riaz (ed.), Religion and Politics
in South Asia, (London/New York: Routledge).
“The Politics of Islamization in Bangladesh” in Ali Riaz (ed.), Religion and Politics in
South Asia, (London/New York: Routledge).
2009 “NGOs, Empowerment and Social Capital: Lessons from the BRAC and the Grameen
Bank” in Farida Khan, et.al (eds). Recreating the Commons? NGOs in Bangladesh.
(Dhaka: University Press Limited).
“Constructing Outraged Communities and State Responses: The Taslima Nasreen Saga in
1994 and 2007”, in Ali Riaz, ed. (Re) Reading Taslima Nasrin: Context, Contents and
Constructions, (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Shrabon Prokashani)
2008 “The Nation-State, Global Media and the Regime of Supervision,” (co-author: Anthony
DiMaggio), in Janie Leatherman, ed. Discipline and Punishment in Global Politics:
Illusions of Control. (New York: Palgrave/Macmillan).
2007 ‘Bangladesh,’ in Toby Archer and Heidi Huuhtanen, (Eds.). Islamist Opposition parties
around the world and the potential for EU engagement. (Helsinki, The Finnish Institute
of International Affairs, May).
Books in Bengali
2023 Itihaser Dolachol: Bangladesh Gonontontro, Unnon O Attaoporichoyer Rajniti

(History’s Tumult: The Politics of Democracy, Development and Identity), political
history of Bangladesh since independence.
2022 Lekhoker Dai (Responsibilities of a Writer, in Bengali), 11 essays on Bangladeshi

literature and interaction between literature and politics between 1940s and 1970s
(Dhaka: Batighar).
2021 Voyer Sangskiti (The Culture of Fear, in Bengali) (Revised, updated version of the book
published in 2014), exploration of various dimensions of state sponsored violence
(Dhaka: Prothoma).
Nikhoj Gonotontro: kortrityobader pothorekha O bangladesher vobishot (Missing

Democracy: The Pathway of Authoritarianism and the Future of Bangladesh), An
assessment of the state of democracy in Bangladesh, with focus on the pathway of
democratic backsliding and the future trajectories. (Dhaka: Prothoma).
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2014 Bhoyer Sangskriti: Bangladeshe Atonko O Sontrasher Rajnoitik Orthoniti (The Culture of
Fear: Political Economy of Terror and Violence in Bangladesh), Exploration of causes
and conditions for political and social violence in Bangladesh. (Revised, updated and
rewritten version of the 1994 book with new chapters). (Dhaka: Prothoma).
2001 Sheikh Mujib O Onanno Proshongo (Sheikh Mujib & Other Issues). A collection of
essays on the political issues of Bangladesh during its first decade. (Dhaka: Parijat
Prakashani. Second Expanded Edition, February 2001. First Published 1987).
2000 BBC London Theke Ali Riaz Bolchi (Ali Riaz calling from BBC London), A collection of
scripts of various special documentary programmes broadcast from BBC World Service,
Bengali Section. Parijat Prakashani: Dhaka, Bangladesh. February.
1994 Bhoyer Sangskriti (The Culture of Fear), An analysis of the scope and nature of terror and
violence in Bangladesh society with special reference to the position of minorities such as
Women, Religious minorities and Tribal population. (Dhaka: Shahitya Prakash).
1994 Sundorer Dikye (Towards Beauty), a collection of essays on literature. (Dhaka: Dibbya
Parakash).
1993 Bangladesher Shasak Srenir Songkot (Crises of Ruling Classes of Bangladesh), An

analysis of the causes of prevailing restrictive press laws, authoritarian constitutional
provisions and preventive legal provisions in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: Somoy Prokashon).
1993 Door Desh (The Distant Land), a collection of essays on international politics and
economy, previously published as columns in a national weekly. (Dhaka: Dhrupod).
1989 Gonobicchinnyo Gonomadhyam (Mass Media Detached from Masses), a collection of

essays on mass media in Bangladesh including articles on portrayal of women in state-
controlled electronic media, and impact of international media on Bangladesh. (Dhaka:
Muktadhara).
1987 Sheikh Mujib O Onanno Proshongo (Sheikh Mujib & Other Issues). A collection of
essays on the political issues of Bangladesh during its first decade. (Dhaka:
Anandodhara).
1984 Lekhkar Deshkal (The Time and Space of Writers), a collection of essays on literature of
Bangladesh. (Dhaka: Titas Prokashani)..
1983 Gonotantrik Andolone Oikya (Unity in Democratic Movement), a collection of essays on

politics of Bangladesh with special emphasis on the nature and structure of alliance
formation in Bangladesh politics. (Dhaka: Anupam).
1978 Bangali Jatiyatabad (Bengali Nationalism), an enquiry into the genesis of nationalism in
Bangladesh. (Dhaka: Titas Prokashani).
Edited Books in Bengali
1995 Bangladesher Nari (Women of Bangladesh), a collection of nine articles of reputed

researchers on the status of women in Bangladesh. (Dhaka: Chardik)
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1995 Proshongo: Blasphemy Ain (Issue: The Blasphemy Law), a collection of articles on then-
proposed Blasphemy law. (Dhaka: Ankur Prokashani).
1995 Samprodiyekota O Moylobad (Communalism and Fundamentalism), a compilation of

seven articles on the rise of communalism in Bangladesh. Dhaka: Ankur Prokashahi.
February,1995.
Research Monograph in Bengali
1995 Bangladesher Songbadpotre Onushondhani Protibadon (Investigative Reporting in Daily

Newspapers of Bangladesh). Dhaka: Bangladesh Center for Development Journalism and
Communication. March 1995.
1994 Onushondhani O Bekkhyamulok Reporting Handbook (Investigative and Interpretative

Reporting Handbook). Dhaka: Bangladesh Center for Development Journalism and
Communication. 1994.
Peer-Reviewed Research Articles in English
2022 “Democratic Erosion in Comparative Contexts: Evidence from Egypt, Indonesia, Iran,
and Pakistan,” (Co-author: Md. Sohel Rana), Journal of Governance, Security &
Development. Vol.3, No.1. July 2022.
“Securitization of the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh”, Journal of Asian and African

Studies, (First author: Md. Sohel Rana). https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221082265
2021 “The pathway of democratic backsliding in Bangladesh,” Democratization, Vol. 28.

No.1.
“Anatomy of a Rigged Election in a Hybrid Regime: The Lessons from Bangladesh”,

(co-authored with Saimum Parvez), Democratization, Vol. 28, No. 4.
“Terrorism, Counter Terrorism and Models of Counter Terrorism: An Overview,”

Counter Terrorism Journal, Vol 1, No. 1, Published by: Counter Terrorism &
Transnational Crime (CTTC), Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Bangladesh, January,
2020 “Three Decades of Bangladeshi Politics (1990-2019): The Emergence and Collapse of
the Political Settlements”, Journal of Governance, Security & Development, ISSN: 2708-
2490, Vol 1 No. 1 2020: 109-139
2019 “Legislature as a Tool of the Hybrid Regime: Bangladesh Experience”, PS: Political
Science and Society, Vol 52, No. 2, April 2019
“Indo-Bangladesh Relationship: “Saath Saath” (Together) or Too Close for Comfort?”

Indian Politics and Policy, Vol 2, No. 1, Spring 2019.
“Making Walls, Fencing Borders and Living on the Margin: Understanding the India-
Bangladesh Border”, Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol 20, No 1, 2018 (published in
November 2019).
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2018 “Bangladesh: Mutation and Resilience of a Hybrid Regime,” South Asia Journal,
October 2018
“Bangladeshi Militants: What Do We Know?” (Co-author Saimum Parvez) Terrorism

and Political Violence, Vol 31, Issue 1, July 2018
“More Than Meets the Eye: The Narratives of Secularism and Islam In Bangladesh”
Asian Affairs, Vol 49, Issue 3, June 2018
2017 “Democracy and Sharia in Bangladesh: Surveying Support,” RESOLVE Network

Research Brief no 3, September 2017. (Co-author: Syeda Salina Aziz).
2016 “Challenges to Islamic Education”, South Asia Journal of Social Sciences. Vol 1, No 2.
July-December 2016.
“Understanding the Drivers of Militancy and Pathways of Militants,” Seminar

Proceedings, Militancy in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Political Science Association. Dhaka,
19 November 2016.
“Bangladesh: Islamist Militancy, Democracy Deficit and Where to Next?” Aljazeera

Center for Studies Report, 28 June 2016,
“Who are the Bangladeshi ‘Islamist Militants’”, Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 10, No.1
February 2016.
2015 “The Troubled Democracy of Bangladesh: ‘Muddling Through’ or ‘a Political

Settlement’?” ISAS Special Report no 25, Institute of South Asian Studies, National
University of Singapore, 14 July 2015.
2014 “Bangladesh’s Failed Election”, Journal of Democracy, Volume 25, Number 2, April
2014
“A Crisis of Democracy in Bangladesh”, Current History, Vol. 113, Issue: 760. April
2014.
“The Nature and Quality of Democracy in Bangladesh: An Assessment’, Journal of

Bangladesh Studies, Vol 15, no. 2, January 2014
2013 “The new Islamist public sphere in Bangladesh”, Global Change, Peace & Security, 25
(3), June 2013.
“Democracy in Bangladesh: A Report Card,” South Asia Journal, Issue 7, January 2013.
2012 “Islamist Politics and US Policies: Charting a New Course.” Foreign Affairs Insights and
Reviews. Vol. 1, no 2, July-September 2012.
2011 Reader's Comments on “‘Minority Islam’ in Muslim Majority Bangladesh: The Violent
Road to a New Brand of Secularism”, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Volume 31,
Issue 4, December 2011.
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‘Madrassah Education in Pre-Colonial and Colonial South Asia’, Journal of Asian and
African Studies, Volume 46 Issue 1, February 2011
2010 “Dynastic Politics” and the Political Culture of Bangladesh, Journal of International
Relations, Vol 8, no 2, December 2010.
2009 ‘Bangladesh: 2008 Elections and Democracy,’ South Asia Journal, No. 25, July-
September 2009.
‘Interactions of “Transnational” and “Local” Islam in Bangladesh’, in Transnational

Islam in South and Southeast Asia: Movements, Networks, and Conflict Dynamics, NBR
Project Report, Washington and Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research, April 2009,
2008 “Constructing Outraged Communities and State Responses: The Taslima Nasreen Saga in
1994 and 2007” South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (SAMAJ), Special Issue
– No. 2, 'Outraged Communities': Comparative Perspectives on the Politicization of
Emotions in South Asia. URL : http://samaj.revues.org/document1262.html.
2007 “The State-Society Relationship and Political Conflicts in Nepal (1768-2005)”

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 42, no 2, April 2007 [co-author Subho Basu]
2006 “Crippled Caretaker”, Himal South Asia, August 2006.
‘Bangladesh’, Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, Vol 1, Netherlands:

Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. pp. 257-259
‘Bangladesh in 2005: Standing at a Crossroads’, Asian Survey, Vol 46. No. 1,

January/February 2006.
2005 ‘Beyond the Tilt: US Initiatives to Dissipate Bangladesh Movement in 1971’, History
Compass, 3 (2005), December 2005.
‘Global Jihad, Sectarianism and The Madrassahs in Pakistan’, Institute of Defense and
Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Working paper No. 85.
August 2005
‘Traditional institutions as tools of political Islam in Bangladesh: Salish and Fatwa’,

Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 40. No 3, June 2005.
‘Minorities in Bangladesh: The Enemy Within? An enquiry into the causes of violence
against religious minorities in Bangladesh’, Asian Profile, Vol. 33, No. 3 June 2005.
‘Bangladesh in 2004: The Politics of Vengeance and the Erosion of Democracy’. Asian
Survey, Vol 45. No. 1, January/February 2005.
2003 ‘God Willing’: The Politics and Ideology of Islamism in Bangladesh,’ Comparative
Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. 23, Nos.1, 2003 (Bengali
translation of the article is published in Bangla Journal, Vol 3, no 1, 2005)
2002 ‘Nations, Nation-State and Politics of Muslim Identity in South Asia’, Comparative
Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. 22, Nos. 1-2, 2002
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1998 ‘Bangladesh Press: Contours and Contents’. Asian Profile, Vol.26. No 4. December
1998.
‘Two Trends in Analyzing the Military Rule in Bangladesh’. Bulletin of Concerned Asian
Scholars. Vol. 30, No.1, January-March 1998.
1997 ‘Telecommunications in Economic Growth of Malaysia’. Journal of Contemporary Asia.

Vol. 27, No. 4. December 1997.
‘Role of Telecommunications in Economic Growth: Proposal for an Alternative

Framework of Analysis’. Media, Culture & Society. Vol. 19, No. 4, October 1997
1995 ‘Social Myth and (Re)Presentation of Gender in Television: Some Preliminary

Observations’. Dhaka University Studies. Vol. 52; No.1 June 1995.
‘Taslima Nasrin: Breaking the Structured Silence’. Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.
Vol 25, No. 1; Jan-Mar 1995.
1994 “The 'New Cold War’(?) and The Role of the US in the 1990s’. Proceedings of the 1993
BAAS-USIS Regional American Studies Conference. Edited by Fakrul Islam, Shamsul I
Khan and Niaz Zaman. December 1994. Dhaka: Bangladesh Association of American
Studies and USIS.
‘The Political Economy of the Child Labour Deterrence Act, 1993’. Human Rights
Journal. Vol.2, No. 1 & 2, 1994. Coordinating Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh.
1993 ‘Twenty-Three Years of Television Programming of Bangladesh Television (1966-

1989).’ Asian Journal of Communication, Bi-annual journal of AMIC, Singapore. Vol 3
No 2, 1993.
1991 ‘A Critical Analysis of International News Flow Studies’. Dhaka University Studies. Part
A, Vol 48 No. 1, June 1991.
1990 ‘Why Media Product Assumes a Given Shape: A Theoretical Inquiry.’Dhaka University
Studies. Part A, Vol 47 No 2, December 1990.
1989 ‘Continuity and Change: Development Communication Paradigms.’ Dhaka University

Studies, Part A, Vol 46 No 1, June 1989.
Research Report, Policy Brief
2023 Who Defends the Defenders. Examination of the plights of human rights activists in
Bangladesh based on a survey. Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka,
Bangladesh. July 2023.
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What’s Happening: The Trends and Patterns of the Digital Security Act 2018 in
Bangladesh. Centre for Governance Studies, Dhaka, January 2023.
2022 Unending Nightmare: The impacts of the Digital Security Act 2018 in Bangladesh,
Centre for Governance Studies, Dhaka, April 2022
Where are They? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh, Centre for Governance

Studies, Dhaka, March 2022.
Executions at Will? Extrajudicial Killing by State Actors in Bangladesh. Centre for

Governance Studies, Dhaka, March 2022.
2021 Geopolitics of the pandemic; the Bangladesh scene, Frederic-Ebert Stiftung,

Berlin/Dhaka, April 2021
Digital Security Act, 2018: How is it being enforced, Centre for Governance Studies,
Dhaka, April 2021.
Covid-19 and Governance in Bangladesh, Centre for Governance Studies, Dhaka,

February 2021.
2020 Bangladesh’s Economic ‘Recovery’ in the Covid Era: A paradox, A puzzle or Mirage?
Center for International Private Enterprises (CIPE), Washington D.C., October 2020.
Bangladesh in the Shadow of the Covid-19: Carnival of Corruption, Controlling

Information and Coercion, Center for International Private Enterprises (CIPE),
Washington D.C., August 2020.
Peer-Reviewed Articles in Bengali
2020 Dokkhsin asiar shason bybosthar char challenge (Four challenges to the Governance in
South Asia), Protichinta, Vol. 10. No. 3, July-September 2020.
2018 Gonotontrer Boishiyik Songkot: Potobhumi, Prokriti, O Pothorkha (The Global Crisis of
Democracy: Background, Nature and the Trajectory), Protichinta, Vol. 8, No. 28, July-
September 2018.
Bangladesh Rajnitir Vobishot Gotiprokiti (Future Trends of Bangladesh Politics), CGS

Occasional Paper 1, October 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Centre for Governance Studies.
2017 Bangladeshe Madrasa Shikha: Protijogita, Samjhota O Adorshik Dondyo (Madrassah

Education in Bangladesh: Competition, Compromise and Ideological Conflicts,
Protichinta, Vol 7. No. 2. April-June 2017.
Bangladesher Rajniti, Bikashoman Modhyobittyo Ebing Koyekte Proshno (Bangladeshi

Politics, Emerging Middle Class and A Few Questions), Protichinta, Vol 7, Issue 3. July-
September 2017.
2016 Secularismer Roop O Rupantor (Transformation of Secularism), Protichinta, Vol 6, Issue

1, July-September 2016.
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Dakshin Asiaai Madrasa Shikha: Prak Uponibashik O Uponibashik Amal (Madrassah
Education in South Asia: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Eras), Protichinta, Vol 6, Issue 1
January-March 2016.
2015 Bangladeshe Notun Islamponthia Jonoporimondol (New Islamist Public Sphere in

Bangladesh), Protichinta, Vol 5, Issue. 1, January-March 2015.
2012 Bangladesher Gonotontro: Prokriti, Boishisto O Vobishot (Democracy in Bangladesh:

Nature, Charateristics, and the Future), Protichinta, Vol. 2, Issue.1, September-November
2012.
Book Chapters in Bengali:
2002 Globalism, Thottopuji O Gonomadhyyam (Globalism, Information Capital and Mass

Media). In Mass Media and Society, Edited by: Gitiara Nasrin, Mofizur Rahman and
Sitara Parvin. Dhaka: Srabon Prokashani.
1999 Bekhyamulak Reporting (Interpretative Reporting), In Journalism, edited by Muhammad

Jahangir, Dhaka: Mowla Brothers, Second Edition,
Non-referred Articles/Commentary in English
2023 ‘Many Decembers: Where is Bangladesh heading?’, New Age. 16 December 2023.
‘Elections without choice: A leaf out of autocrats’ playbook,’ The Daily Star, 11
December 2023.
‘Bangladesh’s Blueprint for Engineering an Election’, The Diplomat. 9 December, 2023.
‘Bangladesh is poised for an election to seal autocratic rule’, Benar News, 22 Nov 2023.
‘Bangladesh is at a tipping point. Here are the scenarios for a contentious election
season.’ New Atlanticist, Atlantic Council. 17 November 2023
‘Reading Donald Lu’s letter, Intently’, The Daily Star, 15 Nov, 2023
‘What should and shouldn’t happen in Oct 28 rallies’, The Daily Star. 27 October 2023.
Bangladesh Election 2024: What role will India play? SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic
Council, 15 June 2023.
What the new US visa policy for Bangladesh means, SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic Council,
6 June 2023.
What the law minister's DSA statement reveals, The Daily Star, 7 June 2023
Government’s stubborn attitude on DSA sends ominous signal, The Daily Star, 9 April
2023.
Persecution of journalists: Condemnation isn’t enough, The Daily Star, 30 March 2023.
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What is in Store for the New Year, The Daily Star, 1 Jan 2023
2022 Fifty Years of Bangladesh-US Relations: Pathways and Trajectories, AmCham Journal,
(Journal of American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh), Vol.16. No. 4, October-
December 2022.
One Year of US Sanctions: Denial and Defiance. The Daily Star, December 10, 2022.
A constitution without constitutionalism? The Daily Star. Nov 4, 2022.
What is next for Bangladeshi politics? South Asian Voices. Oct. 27. 2022
What role for intellectuals in autocratic era?, New Age, Sept. 15, 2022.
Citizens’ fundamental rights are not the executive’s choice, The Daily Star. Sept 2, 2022.
Bangladesh’s economic crisis: How did we get here? SouthAsiaSource, Atlantic Council,
Aug. 5, 2022.
Why is Bangladesh seeking IMF support in the first place?, The Daily Star, Aug. 4, 2022.
Sri Lanka crisis: What role would the military play? The Daily Star, July 13, 2022.
Bangladesh’s Quite Slide into Autocracy, Foreign Affairs, April 29, 2022
Imran Khan’s downfall and the judiciary’s role in it, The Daily Star, April 13, 2022.
Dhaka’s abstention in Ukraine vote is an anomaly, The Daily Star, March 16, 2022
What are the global challenges to democracy?, The Daily Star, February 19, 2022.
Three legacies of the Election Commission, The Daily Star, February 16, 2022.
Bangladesh’s democracy erodes amid tilt to China, East Asia Forum, January 25, 2022
2021 Five questions about the president’s dialogues, The Daily Star, December 28, 2021
Sanctions against Rab and the shifts in US policies, The Daily Star, December 22, 2021.
US sanctions on Bangladesh’s RAB: What happened? What’s next? SouthAsiaSource,

Atlantic Council, December 16, 2021.
Three Issues at the Center of Bangladesh politics, New Age, December 16, 2021.
At 50, Bangladesh stands at a Crossroads, BenarNews, December 13, 2021
How Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act is Creating a Culture of Fear, Carnegie

Endowment for International Peace, December 9, 2021.
A day of remembrance, a day of reckoning, The Daily Star, September 11, 2021.
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Schools are finally reopening, but what’s next?, The Daily Star, September 6, 2021
Four Scenarios of Afghanistan under the Taliban, Atlantic Council, August 20, 2021.
Three concerns about Taliban 2.0, The Daily Star, August 18, 2021.
100 years of Dhaka University: The illusive autonomy and partisanship, The Daily Star,
June 30, 2021.
A Press release that bares it all, The Daily Star, June 19, 2021.
India’s Covid-19 catastrophe: The cost of complacency, The Daily Star, May 4, 2021.
Media Ownership In Bangladesh: Why More Media Outlets Does Not Mean More Media
Freedom, (Co-authored with Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman), Center for International
Media Assistance, April 15, 2021.
Bangladesh at 50: The Transformation of a Nation, (co-authored with Saimum Parvez),

The Diplomat, Issue 76, Match 2021.
The Unkept Promises, The New Age, March 26, 2021
A Cancelled Conference in Pakistan Sends a Message, The Daily Star, March 23, 2021
An Ideal Vision of Democracy in Bangladesh, The Daily Star, February 19, 2021
An Assault on Democracy: What’s Next in the US?, The Daily Star, January 9, 2021.
Covid-19 ails Bangladesh’s health, politics and economy, East Asia Forum, January 5,
2021,
2020 Democracy: The journey that has taken a wrong turn, The Daily Star, December 16,
2020.
“Bangladesh’s Economic ‘Recovery’ in the COVID-19 Era: A Paradox, a Puzzle Or

Mirage?”, Asia’s Path Forward, Center for International Private Enterprises (CIPE)
October 2, 2020
“US Election 2020: What Biden Must Do”, The Daily Star, September 5, 2020
‘Will the state take responsibility?’ The Daily Star, August 30, 2020.
“Bangladesh In the Shadow of COVID-19: Carnival of Corruption, Controlling

Information, and Coercion”, Center for International Private Enterprises. August 12,
2020.
“Three challenges to the 2020 US election”, The Daily Star, August 9, 2020
“A Tale of Misplaced Priorities”. The Daily Star, July 15, 2020
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“As the Sino-Indian rivalry heats up, watch Bangladesh carefully”, New Atlanticist, July
2, 2020
“Kajol might not be able to speak out, BUT WE MUST”, The Daily Star, May 12, 2020.
“Defunding WHO: Trump’s reckless decision”, The Daily Star, 21 April 2020.
“Five Obvious Lessons from COVID-19”, Dorpon News. 20 April 2020.
“Bangladesh’s COVID-19 stimulus: Leaving the most vulnerable behind”, New

Atlanticist, Atlantic Council, 8 April 2020
South Asia’s economic outlook in the era of COVID-19, expert opinion brief, New
Atlanlticist, Atlantic Council, 31 March 2020.
“Covid-19: The era of perpetual emergency and the emerging new normal?”
The Daily Star, 25 March 2020.
“Modi’s canceled Bangladesh visit is an opportunity”, New Atlanticist, Atlantic Council,
“Democratic backsliding and the information battle”, The Daily Star, 12 February 2020,
“ICJ Ruling on Rohingya: Where do we go from here?”, The Daily Star, 26 January 2020
“Bangladesh’s authoritarian shift”, East Asia Forum, 18 January 2020,
“Leaving democracy behind”, Netra News (A Sweden-based investigative journalism

portal), 7 January 2020.
2019 “A Year of Paradoxes”, The Daily Star, 30 December 2019.
“The “Anti-Corruption Drive” in Bangladesh: Where is it Going?” Georgetown Journal

of International Affairs. 16 December 2019.
“Two contexts of influx from India”, The Daily Star, 1 December 2019.
“How new autocrats curb press freedom,’ Star Weakened Magazine, 29 November 2019.
“Is banning student politics the solution?” The Daily Star, 10 October 2019.
“How democracy backslides”, The Daily Star, 20 September 2019.
“NRC in Assam: What Happened? What’s Next?” The Daily Star, 8 September 2019.
“Revoking Article 370: Why now?” The Daily Star, 16 August 2019.
“Four Challenges to Governance in South Asia”, The Daily Star, 26 July 2019.
“Rahul Gandhi’s resignation: Three inconvenient issues.” The Daily Star, 7 July 2019,
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“Impeaching Trump: ‘To be or not to be?’”, The Daily Star, 2 June 2019,
“Looking beyond the good economic news in Bangladesh”. East Asia Forum, 24 April
2019.
“Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka: New wave of radicalisation or taking advantage of the
trust deficit?” The Daily Star, 23 April 2019
“Rohingya refugee crisis is worsening in Bangladesh”, FirstPost, 12 April 2019
“It is not the system but its misuse that is at fault”, The Daily Star, 24 March 2019,
“DUCSU Election - Let us not become the ostrich.” The Daily Star, 13 March 2019.
“DNCC Election: The alternative facts and life imitating art,” The Daily Star, 2 March
2019.
“Politics Gone Missing”, The Daily Star, 25 February 2019.
“Hefazat leader's plea: More than just a statement”, The Daily Star, 16 January 2019,
2018 “What Kind of an Election will it be?’ The Daily Star, 29 December 2018,
‘Why are Islamists in the limelight?’ The Star Weekend, 28 December 2018
“Bangladesh election at risk of low turnout in climate of fear as voters search for party
more likely to fulfil promises”, FirstPost, 26 December 2018
“Foreign observers shunning Bangladesh polls: A sign not all is okay with Dec 30
elections,” South Asian Monitor. 24 December 2018,
“Bangladesh’s Consequential Election,” East Asia Forum, 21 December 2018
"Why Bangladesh's mainstream parties rely on Islamists”, Deutsche Welle (DW), 19

December 2018
“EU Diplomats' Statement On 11th Parliamentary Election: Routine Gesture Or Is There

More To It?” The Daily Star, 12 December 2018
“Trivialisation of the dialogue is not the way to go”, The Daily Star, 6 November 2018,
“An Unavoidable Question”, The Daily Star, 25 October 2018,
“Democracy In Crisis: What we know and what we don't”, The Daily Star, 15 September
2018,
“EVM: A Pointless Debate”. The Daily Star, 2 September 2018,
“Unmaking a 'lost generation'”, The Daily Star, 26 August 2018,
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“Seeking Justice in Dhaka”, The Indian Express, 14 August 2018,
“Will Myanmar fool the international community?” The Daily Star, 6 August 2018
“Will the International Community Fail Rohingyas, Again?” Shuddhasar.com Web

Magazine, 6 August 2018
“Counter-Terrorism Strategy: An Alternative Proposal”, The Daily Star, 1 July 2018
“Trump Wins, America Loses,” The Daily Star, 29 June 2018.
“Rohingya Crisis: Is Myanmar Changing Its Tune?”, The Daily Star, 11 June 2018
“Extrajudicial Killings: Time To Break The Silence” The Daily Star, 6 June 2018
“Cancellation of Trump-Kim summit: who benefits?” The Daily Star 27 May 2018
“The emphatic message from Malaysia”, The Daily Star, 13 May 2018
“Rohingya Crisis: A lot riding on the UNSC visit.” The Daily Star, 29 April 2018
“Governance, secularism and religion as a political ideology.” The Daily Observer, 25

April 2018
“Quota reform: Beyond the demands”, The Daily Star, 25 April 2018
“2017 and what it means for 2018”, Daily Star 1 January 2018,
2017 “Sinha Saga: More questions than answers”, Daily Star, 23 October 2017,
“International community has two things on their hands”, Daily Star, 17 September 2017,
“Diplomatic Push On Rohingya Crisis: What Bangladesh needs to do now”, Daily Star,
10 September 2017
“The 1947 Phenomenon: In search of new voices” (with Fahmida Zaman), Daily Star
Weekend, 25 August 2017.
“More than just a verdict.” Daily Star, 7 August 2017.

http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/more-just-verdict-1444567
“Are We Safer Now?” Daily Star, 1 July 2017,
2016 “Militancy and (un)freedom in times of hollowed politics,” Beyond the Boundary,
Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh. Dhaka: DCAB. December.
“What the 'Do Not Want to Reveal' response actually revealed” Daily Star, 18 December
2016,
“What does democracy mean to Bangladeshis?” Daily Star, 6 December 2016,
22
“Terrorist Mastermind: Dead or Alive,” Daily Star, 29 August 2016,
“Bangladesh’s Homegrown Problem: Dhaka and the Terrorist Threat,” (with Sumit
Ganguly), Foreign Affairs, 6 July 2016,
“Debate over Bangladeshi militants' external connections,” Daily Star, 24 May 2016,
“See no evil, hear no evil”, Quantara.de 3 May 2016,
“A culture of impunity behind bloggers' killings in Bangladesh.” DW (Deutsche Welle

(DW) German international broadcaster), 28 April 2016
“Another Blogger Down” Indian Express, 19 April 2016
“A Culture of Fear”, Indian Express, 22 March 2016
2015 “A Long Way to Go”, Diplomatist, January 2015
2014 “Elections in South Asia: What Are the Voters Telling Us?” Foreign Affairs Insights and
Reviews (FAIR), Vol. 2, No. 4 & 5, September- December 2014
“The Taliban attack: Message Pakistan and the world can't ignore”, Daily Star, 19
December 2014
“Will the Indo-Bangladesh relationship Change?” Daily Star, 21 May 2014
“The Indo-Bangladesh Relationship: Can David Re-envision Goliath?” Alochonaa, 2

April 2014,
“Bangladesh: Ballot, Boycott and Beyond”, Diplomatist, February 2014
“The relevance of Ekushey”, Daily Star, 21 February 2014.
“Time for Introspection”, Daily Star, 23 January 2014.
“One-sided election: What's next?” Daily Star, 5 January 2014
“Bangladesh elections: Hanging by a thread”, Al Jazeera, 5 January 2014
2013 “India-Bangladesh Relationship”, Foreign Policy Research Center Journal (India),

December 2013, (pp 25-28)
“Bangladesh in Turmoil: A Nation on the Brink?” Daily Star, 22 November 2013
“The curse of the two-thirds”, Dhaka Tribune, 23 December 2013
“What the president can do”, Dhaka Tribune, 28 November 2013
“Glimmer of hope, or new twist?”, Dhaka Tribune, 6 November 2013
“Syria: The Unanswered Questions”, Dhaka Tribune, 3 September 2013.
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“Unpacking the Islamist Agenda” Forum (monthly magazine), April 2013
2012 “How Did We Arrive Here?” Forum (monthly magazine), November 2012,
“Race in the Presidential Race”, Daily Star (Bangladesh), 3 November 2012
“The Way Out?”, Forum (monthly magazine), April 2012,.
2011 “Alliances Unholy”, Newsweek Pakistan, 23 December 2011.
“Inconvenient Truths About Bangladeshi Politics,” Forum (monthly magazine),

November 2011,.
“The crisis of democracy in Bangladesh’, Daily Independent (Dhaka), 17 November

2011,
“War in Libya: How will it end?,” Forum (monthly magazine), April 2011
2008 “Nepal’s Future Foreign Policy,” International Affairs Forum, Center for International
Relations, Washington D.C., 25 May 2008,
“Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: What’s to be Done”, Progressive Bangladesh,

www.ProgressiveBangladesh.org , 20 March 2008
Non-refereed Articles and commentaries in Bengali:
I regularly contribute political commentaries to the leading Bengali national newspaper Prothom
Alo published from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Presentations: Keynote address/ Conferences /Workshops/ Testimony
2023 ‘The World We Live In: Democracy Retreats, Authoritarianism Surges’ Mornings with
Professors, Illinois State University, 3 Nov 2023.
Who Defends the Defenders: The Predicament of Human Rights Activists in Bangladesh.
Keynote lecture. Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 22 July
2023.
How does a country autocratize? exploration of the case of Bangladesh, Varieties of

Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 21 April 2023.
2022 ‘Bangladesh-India Relations: Too Close for Comfort?’ , Lecture at the Bay of Bengal
Conversation, Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 21 Nov. 2022.
Panelist, “The South Asian States, China and USA”, Bay of Bengal Conversation, Centre
for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nov. 22, 2022.
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Bangladesh Politics, “Marginalization & Inclusion in South Asia: Economics, Politics,
and Culture”, Lecture at the Inauguration Conference of the Saxena Center for South
Asian Studies, Brown University, USA. Sept. 10, 2022.
Book Launching, “More Than Meets the Eye”, University Press Limited, Dhaka, 23 July,
2022.
‘En Route to Authoritarianism? Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh’, Tokyo

International University Global Dialogue, May 12, 2022 (Virtual).
‘Sovereign Apology and Justice for the Victims: A Case for Pakistan’s Apology for 1971
Genocide,’ Keynote speech, The Politics of Truth and Justice in South Asia: Reflections
on the Work of Jalal Alamgir, University of Massachusetts Boston, April 5, 2022
2021 Panelist, ‘State of Democracy in South Asia,’ CIPE/ Tritiyo Matra, TV Show, November
30, 2021.
‘Fifty Years of Bangladesh Politics: Expectations, Nature and Trends’, Professor

Mohammad Delwar Hossain Trust Fund Lecture, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh,
November 13, 2021. (Virtual, in Bengali)
‘The Rise of Autocrats—Democratic Backsliding and the Middle Class’, Distinguished

Professor Lecture, Illinois State University, November 9, 2021
Panelist, ‘Defending against authoritarianism’, CIPE/ Tritiyo Matra, TV Show,

November 8, 2021.
‘Are We Back to 'Normal?' Geopolitics of the Post-Pandemic World’, International

Studies Seminar Series, ISU, November 1, 2021. (virtual)
‘Roundtable’ Conference on “War, Violence and Memory: Commemorating 50 Years of

Bangladesh War of 1971”, New York University, July 3, 2021. (Virtual).
Panelist, “Elections in Eastern India and their regional resonance,” Chatham House,
University of York, May 14, 2021. (Virtual).
Panelist, ‘Post-pandemic South Asia: How the Covid-pandemic will affect Bangladesh’s
politics, economy and healthcare’, Atlantic Council, May 11, 2021, (Virtual).
“Geopolitics of the pandemic: The Bangladesh Scene”, Frederic-Ebert Stiftung and CGS,
May 1, 2021, (Virtual)
“COVID-19 in the Muslim World,” California State University at San Bernardino, Center
for the Study of Muslim and the Arab Worlds, April 15, 2021. (Virtual)
“50 Years of Bangladeshi Politics: Nature and Trends”, Nazmul Karim Memorial Lecture
2021, Nazmul Karim Study Center, University of Dhaka, April 12, 2021. (Virtual)
Roundtable, ‘Covid-19 and International Politics of South Asia., International Studies

Association Conference, April 8, 2021. (Virtual)
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“The Biden Administration in the United States: Prognosis for Future of Bangladesh-US
Relations”, Webinar, United News Bangladesh, April 3, 2021. (Virtual)
Keynote Lecture, ‘Culture of Fear in World Politics: Origin and Ramifications’, Dept of
Political Science, Surya Sen College, India, February 22, 2021.(Virtual)
“Searching the Ways Forward for Bangladesh in the Time of Pandemic”, Centre for
Governance Studies, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 4, 2021, (Virtual).
2020 “Where Does America Go from Here?” 2020 US Election; Post-Ballot Blues, Webinar,
Independent University Bangladesh, November 5, 2020. (Virtual)
“Three Possible Scenarios to Ponder,” 2020 US Election: Last Minute Gasps, Webinar,
Independent University, Bangladesh, October 28, 2020. (Virtual)
“Secular-Islamic Bangladesh and South Asia,” September 25, Interview, Adda. (Virtual)
“Geopolitics of the Rohingya crisis and its Possible Solutions”, Webinar, Conflict and
Resilience Research Institute, Canada, July 24, 2020. (Virtual).
“Indo-China Rivalry in South Asia” In the shadow of Dragon: Globalisation and

Fractured Future of South Asia, Webinar, Centre for Governance Studies (CGS),
Bangladesh. June 28, 2020. (Virtual)
“Assessing COVID-19 Control Measures & Prospects for Socio-Economic Recovery,”

Webinar, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington D.C. April 30,
2020. (Virtual)
“COVID-19 and Corruption: The View from South Asia,” Webinar, Center for
International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington D.C. April 29, 2020. (Virtual)
“Vulnerable Populations and COVID-19: Bangladesh During a Global Pandemic”, The

Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, Institute for South Asia
Studies, UC Berkeley, May 27, 2020. (Virtual)
“Democracy That Delivers #203: An Analysis of COVID-19 and Bangladesh”. Podcast,

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington D.C., May 15, 2020.
(Virtual)
"Post Pandemic World and Future of the Global Economy", Webinar, EiFAC -
Exchanging ideas For A Change”. Bangladesh University of Professionals, Dhaka. 23
April 2020. (Virtual)
“South Asia’s economic outlook in the era of COVID-19,” Webinar, Atlantic Council,
Washington D.C. April 1, 2020. (Virtual)
“Understanding Islam in South Asia; Beyond Numbers, Beyond Dogma”; presentation at

Illinois Wesleyan University; February 18, 2020.
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‘Bangladesh’s Metamorphosis into a Hybrid Regime’, presentation at Fletcher School,
Tufts University, Boston, February 12, 2020.
Panelist, “Beyond the Crisis Narrative: Rohingya Statelessness and its Implications for
Bangladesh” conference, The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
(CAORC), American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), the Institute for South Asia
Studies, and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, for
congressional staff members, Rayburn House Office Building. Washington D.C.
February 10. 2020.
Panelist, “Beyond the Crisis Narrative: Rohingya Statelessness and its Implications for
Bangladesh” conference, The Council of American Overseas Research Centers
(CAORC), American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), the Institute for South Asia
Studies, and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, University
of California Berkeley, February 7, 2020.
“How a Hybrid Regime Emerges: Bangladesh as a Case Study” paper presented at the
symposium – “Economic Integration and Global Governance in Emerging Muslim
Economies: Prospects and Challenges for D-8 Muslim Countries”. School of Business
and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, January 30, 2020,
Book Talk, Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election,
Faculty of Economics and Administration, the University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur,
January 28, 2020.
2019 Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election, Lecture Series on
Governance and Politics in South Asia, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University,
Germany, 7 December 2019
Nepal at a Crossroads: The Future of Decentralization and Sino-Indian Rivalry, Panel

Presentation, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington D.C. 20
November 2019.
Book Event—Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Bangladesh's 2018 Election and Implications

for Politics in Bangladesh and Beyond, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars, Washington D.C., 23 September 2019.
Four Challenges to Governance in South Asia, ‘1st International Conference on

Governance in the 21st Century in South Asia: Challenges and Ways Forward’
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. 7 July 2019.
A Conversation about the state of democracy and election in Bangladesh, ‘Changing

Bangladesh’ conference, University of Oslo, Norway organized by the Bangladesh
Studies Network. 13 June 2019.
An Incredible Election, Reflections on Elections in South Asia, South Asia Centre,

Stanford University, California. 18 April 2019.
The Holy Trinity: Bangladesh’s Success in Averting an Insurgency, ‘Insurgency

Hotspots: Factors that Countered Prediction Conference’, RAND Corporation,
Washington D.C. 28 March 2019.
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Islam in South Asia: Diversity and Unity, International Studies Seminar, Illinois State
University, 6 February 2019.
2018 What is at Stake in the Bangladeshi Election 2018?, Woodrow Wilson Center for
International Scholars, Washington D.C, 6 December 2018
Understanding the Radicalization of the Bangladeshi Society and Politics, Political

Violence and Radical Militancy in South Asia, Annual Seminar of the South Asia
Observatory of the Network of Researchers in International Affairs (NORIA), IRSEM
(Institut De Recherche Strategiue De E’Ecole Militaire) and DGRIS (Direction Generale
des relations Internationales et de la strategle), Paris, France, 29 November 2018.
Political Islam And Violent Extremism in South Asia, The South Asia Study Group,
University of Sydney, Australia, 26 July 2018.
Future Trends of Politics in Bangladesh, Reading Club Trust and Gyantapas Abdur
Razzaq Foundation, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 July 2018.
Response of the International Community to the Rohingya Crisis, Roundtable on the

Plight of the Rohingyas, Pacific Council, Los Angeles, CA. 25 January 2018. (Presented
via teleconferencing).
2017 Pathways of Militants: Evidence from Bangladesh. Center for Enterprise and Society of
the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 November
2017
New Middle Class in Bangladesh: Questions about Democracy and Religion,

Presentation at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies, organized
by the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18 November 2017.
Extremism, Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh, Savannah Council on World

Affairs, Savannah, Georgia, 19 October 2017
Religion in Public Life in Bangladesh. Keynote address at the ‘Drivers of Violence and
Conflict in Bangladesh: Evidence-Based Research and Understanding’, Organized by
RESOLVE Network (Washington D.C.) and Brac Institute of Governance and
Development (BIGD, Bangladesh), Dhaka, 4 April 2017.
Governance: A Critical Examination. Presentation at the Bangladesh Institute of

International and Strategic Studies, organized by the Centre for Governance Studies
(CGS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1 February 2017.
The Challenges for Writing Political History of Bangladesh, Presentation at the Institute
of Bangladesh Studies, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 29 January 2017.
Measuring Governance: What Are We Missing? Plenary Speech, International

Conference on ‘Governance and Development: Asian Perspective’, Department of Public
Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 28 January 2017.
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Media and Democracy, Lecture at the Department of Mass Communication and
Journalism, University of Rajshahi, 27 January 2017.
2016 Bangladesh: Beyond the Binaries, Presentation at the South Asian Institute, Columbia
University, New York, 14 November 2016.
Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence, a book talk, Chowdhury Center for
Bangladesh Studies, University of California Berkeley, 18 October 2016.
Book Launch, Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence, Woodrow Wilson

International Center for Scholars, Washington DC. 20 September 2016.
Foreign Policies: What Challenges will the New President Face? International Studies
Seminar Series: The US Presidential Election, Illinois State University, 28 September
2016.
Constructing Other: Muslim Sects in the Eyes of Deobandi Ulema. Presentation at Brac
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 9 June 2016.
How can Bangladesh Stop the Escalating Extremist Violence? Panelist, Heritage
Foundation, Washington D.C. 5 May 2016
Bangladesh Politics: An Overview and Political Islam and Islamist Militancy in

Bangladesh, two presentations at the Diplomatic Academy, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office of British Government, organized by Queen Mary College, University of London,
London, 11 February 2016.
2015 Constructing and Deconstructing Narratives: Shahbagh and Islamist Politics in

Bangladesh, invited paper presentation, at the 4th International Congress of Bengal
Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan, 13 December 2015.
Islam and Politics in Bangladesh, A Teacher Workshop on Bangladesh, South Asia

Institute, Columbia University, New York, 5 December 2015
Constructing and Reproducing ‘Others’: Discourse about Muslims Sects among

Deobandi Ulema in Bangladesh, paper presented at the Workshop on Islam and Its
Division in South Asia, South Asia program, Princeton Institute for International and
Religious Studies (PIIRS), Princeton University, New Jersey, 20 November 2015
The Bangladeshi Paradox: Economic Growth Without Political Development, panel

presentation, International Conference on Bangladesh at University of California
Berkeley organized by the Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI), UC Berkeley, CA,
7 November 2015.
The Erosion of Secularism in Bangladesh, panel presentation, Chowdhury Center for

Bangladesh Studies and the Center for South Asian Studies, University of California
Berkeley, CA, 5 November 2015
The Future of Secularism, “National Professor Salahuddin Ahmed Memorial Lecture,”

Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka 15 June, 2015.
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Bangladesh: Moving Forward or Walking Back? Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS),
National University of Singapore, 26 May 2015
Congressional Testimony, “Bangladesh’s Fracture: Political and Religious Extremism”,

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Committee on Foreign
Affairs, United States House of Representatives 30 April 2015,
2014 US-India Relations: Reset or Rehash? Mornings with Professors, Academy of Seniors,
Illinois State University, 7 November 2014
Extremism and Politics in Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Political Futures 2019 Conference,

Centra Technology Inc, Organized for the USG. Arlington, VA. 10 July 2014.
Political Instability in Bangladesh, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. 8

January 2014.
2013 Congressional Testimony, “Bangladesh in Turmoil: A Nation on the Brink?”, Testimony

before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Committee on Foreign Affairs, United
States House of Representatives November 20, 2013
The Curse of the Two-Thirds, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. 9 December
2013
Political Islam and Militancy in Bangladesh, Pen and Sword: Religious Identity, Political
Islam, & Militancy in South Asia, South Asia Geostrategic Intelligence Seminar, Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA), Washington D.C., 20-21 November 2013.
Locating Islam in Contemporary Bangladesh, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies

(AIBS), Bangladesh Preconference, Madison, Wisconsin, 17 October 2013.
Bangladesh on the Brink, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C. 13 November

2013.
Bangladesh: A Delegative Democracy? Contested Pasts, Competing Futures: A

Workshop on Bangladesh’s History, Culture, And Politics, South Asia Institute,
University of Texas at Austin, 13 October 2013
Bangladesh at a Crossroads: A Political and Security Outlook, American Security

Project, Washington, D.C, 1 October 2013
Islamist Politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan: How Will It Function After US

Withdrawal? Albuquerque International Association & Center for International Studies,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 15 September 2013
Islamist Politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan: How Will It Function After US

Withdrawal? Santa Fe Council on Foreign Relations, New Mexico, 14 September 2013.
Bangladesh: Keys to a Better Future, Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C., 10 July

2013.
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Insurgencies and Homegrown Terrorism after 2014, Counterterrorism in South Asia
Beyond 2014, Eurasia Group, Washington D.C. 14 June 2013.
Immutable Islamists? Department of Anthropology, Brac University, Dhaka Bangladesh,

7 January 2013.
2012 Islamism in Bangladesh, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka,

Bangladesh, 30 December 2012.
Arguments for Democracies in the Age of Global Imperiality, ‘ReOrienting Democracy”

Symposium, Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, University of South
Australia, Adelaide, 16-18 December 2012.
Security Challenges of South Asia and US Policies, 4th Annual National Security Scholars
Conference, United States Air Force, Chicago, IL, 2 May 2012
2011 A Conversation about the Future of Bangladeshi Politics, North South University, Dhaka
Bangladesh, jointly organized by the University Press Limited and the Master in Public
Policy and Governance Program, NSU. 30 December.
Islamist Politics and US Policies: Bangladesh and Beyond, Department of Political

Science, Chittagong University, Bangladesh, Higher Education Quality Enhancement
Project (HEQEP), 29 December.
Strengthening Regional Security Cooperation and Capacity in South Asia: What Role for
Civil Society Workshop organized by the International Peace Institute/Center on Global
Counterterrorism Cooperation, 17-18 October, New York.
The Ubiquitous Security Question, Beyond Security: Democratic Contestations in

Bangladesh and Pakistan, conference Organized by The South Asia Institute at Columbia
University, 14-15 October, New York.
Climate Change and National Security at Perfect Storm? Population Pressures, Natural
Resource Constraints, and Climate Change in Bangladesh, a conference organized by
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., 19 September
2011.
2010 The New Islamist Public Sphere in Bangladesh at Transcending Binaries: Islam and
Politics in South Asia, BRAC Development Institute (BDI), BRAC University, Dhaka,
18-19 December 2010.
Being Bengali Abroad: Identity Politics Among the Bengali Community in Britain,
Australian Academy of the Humanities – International Collaborative Workshop,
University of Western Sydney, Sydney, 30 August.
Role of the Opposition in Democracy: The Bangladesh Context, America Bangladesh

Canada Convention, New York, 17-18 July 2010 (Delivered as keynote speech).
Changing the mindset: the state, education, and religion, Competing Religious
Narratives in Pakistan: Can Islam be an Agency for Peace, South Asia Studies, School of
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Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University Washington D.C., 10 May
2010.
Madrassah Education in South Asia: a site of contestations, Nationhood and Nation-

building in South Asia, South Asia Center, Stanford University, 28-30 April 2010.
Knowledge Society: In which way? BRAC Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh, organized by

Amader Gram ICT for Development Project, 8 January 2010.
Religion and Politics in South Asia, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism,
Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 January 2010.
2009 Building Democratic and Accountable Institutions for Development in Bangladesh,

Plenary Session, Conference on Ideas and Innovations for Bangladesh: The Next Decade,
JFK School of Government, Harvard University, 9-10 October 2009.
Islamization of Public Sphere in Bangladesh, Seminar on “South Asian Islam in Global

Context,” Tufts University (Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies), 2 May
2009.
Religion as a Political Ideology in South Asia, Symposium on “The Politics of Religion

in South Asia and Southeast Asia”, Institute of South Asian Studies, Singapore National
University, Singapore, 24 March 2009.
2008 Testimony to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

(USCIRF) on Bangladesh, Washington D.C. 4 December 2008.
Little Known, Much Discussed: Madrassahs in South Asia, South Asia Center, Moynihan
Institute of Global Affairs, Syracuse University, New York, 18 November 2008.
Reforming Islamic Seminaries in Pakistan: Journey in a Circular Path? South Asia

Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 17 November 2008.
Does South Asia Matter? Academy of Seniors, Illinois State University Alumni Services;
(a series of four lectures); Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 21 Oct, 23 Oct, 28
Oct, 30 Oct 2008.
Bangladesh in 2008: A New Beginning or the Return of the Ancien Régime? Resource
paper presentation at the Informal Consultation on Bangladesh, Conflict Prevention and
Peace forum (CPPF) of the Social Science Research Council, New York, 12 July 2008.
Why Study Madrassahs? Islamic Seminaries in South Asia, India Studies Lecture, Indian
Studies Program, Indiana University, 11 April 2008.
Democracy in Bangladesh: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. Center for South Asian
Studies Scholarly Lecture Series, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 14
March 2008
Bangladesh: Political Dynamics and Counterterrorism Issues, Seminar on Bangladesh,

Department of State, USG, Washington D.C. 11 January 2008
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2007 Impact of Climate Change on Bangladesh. Climate Change and Regional Security
Workshop, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 11-13 December 2007.
Rise of Religious Extremism in South Asia, South Asia Conference, North Carolina
Central University, 16 November 2007
Bangladesh: Democracy at a Crossroads, panel presentation at Heritage Foundation,

Washington D.C. 28 September 2007. (Panelist included John Gastright, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of
State).
Bangladesh Today: Under the Shadow of Uncertainty, Royal Institute of International

Affairs (Chatham House), London, 17 July 2007.
Islamist Politics in Bangladesh: An Overview. Conference on Dynamics, Debates, and

Transformations in a Globalized World, Virginia, 31 May- 1 June 2007.
Scenarios of the Future of Bangladesh Politics, Workshop on Bangladesh’s Future, US

Department of State, Washington D.C. 20- 21 June 2007
Bangladesh: Crises Unending? Case Study - Bangladesh, The Project on Leadership and
Building State Capacity, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 5 April
2007
Bangladesh in 2007: Saving Democracy from the Politicians? University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign, the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International
Security (ACDIS). 30 January 2007.
Media and Politics: Old Habits and New Realities, Department of Journalism and Media
Studies, Stamford University Dhaka, Bangladesh. 10 January 2007
2006 Deobandi and Tablighi Groups in South Asia, Conference on Understanding Differences
in Islamic Movement, Virginia, 13-14 November 2006.
Bangladesh Barometer: Impending national elections amidst political conflict and rising
Islamism. Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington D.C. 24
October 2006.
Reforming Pakistani Madrassahs: What’s New? Seminar presentation. Institute of

Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 20 July
2006
Not Alone: The Dynamics of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh. Seminar presentation.

Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
18 July 2006
Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslims, Workshop, Southeastern Center for

Intercultural Studies, Presbyterian College Clinton, South Carolina, 2 May 2006.
New Politics in the Muslim World: Islamic Fundamentalism or Islamism? Talk at the
Politics Forum, Northern Arizona University, 15 March 2006
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Roots and Prospects for Religious Extremism, paper presented at the Bangladesh; Issues
of Political Stability and Islamic Radicalization The Royal Institute of International
Affairs (RIIA), London 23 February 2006.
Bangladesh in 2006: Quo Vadis? Paper presented as the backgrounder for Informal
meeting on Bangladesh organized by the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, Social
Science Research Council, New York, 3 February 2006
Confronting the Menace: Religious Extremism and Religious Minorities in Bangladesh,

Presentation at US AID Dhaka Office, Bangladesh. 3 January 2006.
2005 The Crisis of Hegemony and Political Islam in Bangladesh. Paper presented at
Symposium on the Politics of Religion: Nation, Identity and Difference, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 3 November 2005
Looking to 2006: Governance, Corruption and Tenor of Politics, Conference on

“Bangladesh through 2010,” organized by Centra Technology on behalf of the USG. 8
September 2005, Arlington, Virginia.
Radical Islam in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the Conference on Islamic Trends in

Bangladesh organized by the US Department of State, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Washington DC, 24 January 2005.
2004 The Future of Political Islam in Bangladesh, keynote speaker, organized as book talk,
Organized by Muktoforum, New York, 25 September 2004
2003 The Usefulness of Bangladeshi Politics Abroad. Keynote speaker, Organized by

Muktoforum, New York, 27 September 2003
2002 Islam and Crisis of Identity in South Asia, International and Global Studies Seminar,
Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 16 October 2002
Afghanistan: from Marx, Mujaheeden, Mullah and Mayhem to Money and Market?
Mornings with the professors, Senior Professionals of Illinois State University, Normal,
Illinois, 4 October 2002
1996 Future of Democracy in Bangladesh. Conference on Democratic Development in

Bangladesh. South Asia Network, Berlin, Germany. 17 August 1996.
1994 Social Myth and (Re)presentation of Gender in Media. Seminar Presentation, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, 19 September 1994.
Taslima Nasrin: Breaking the Silence and Arguing With the Crocodile. Seminar
Presentation. National University of Singapore, Sociology Department. 15 September
1994.
The Role of Media in Constructing Gender. Seminar presentation School of

Communication Studies. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 24 August 1994.
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Telecommunication Infrastructure and economic growth in Singapore and Malaysia: In
search of an alternative framework of analysis. Seminar Presentation, ISEAS. 5 August
1994.
Conference/Workshop Presentations:
2023 Panelist, The Dragon’s Domain: BRI after a decade, Bay of Bengal Conversation: The
Rising Tide, Dhaka, Centre for Governance Studies, October 9, 2023.
Panelist, Culture Wars Beyond Borders, Bay of Bengal Conversation: The Rising Tide,
Dhaka, Centre for Governance Studies, October 7, 2023.
Panelist, Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh: The Challenges Ahead, Right to

Freedom (R2F). National Press Club, Washington D.C. May 16, 2023,
The Return of Populist Politics in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the International

Studies Association Convention, Montreal. March 16, 2023.
Panelist. Book Launch: Hurt Sentiment. Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C.
(Virtual). March 13, 2023.
2022 The Twists and Turns of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh, Paper presented at the
International Studies Association Convention, (Virtual), March 29, 2022.
Panelist, Roundtable, ‘The Politics of the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Asia’,

International Studies Association Convention, (Virtual), March 28, 2022.
2021 Islamist Politics in Bangladesh: the nature, scope, and the pathway, Fifty Years of
Bangladesh: Retrospect and Prospect Conference, Centre for Policy Dialogue,
Bangladesh & the South Asia Program, Cornell University, December 6, 2021 (Virtual)
Criminalizing Freedom of Expression in a Hybrid Regime: Bangladesh's Digital Security

Act, Democratic Backsliding and the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Asia Conference,
University of Kyoto, Japan, November 6, 2021. (Virtual).
Civilian Authoritarianism and the Role of the Legislature: The Case of Bangladesh,
International Political Science Association World Congress, July 11, 2021. (Virtual)
Covid-19 and the International Politics of South Asia, Roundtable, International Studies
Association Conference Annual Convention, Virtual, April 8, 2021
2020 How Democracy Backslides: Tracing the Pathway in Six Countries, iposter session,
Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), San
Francisco, California, USA, September 10-13, 2020. (Coauthored with MD. Sohel Rana).
2019 The Pathway of Democratic Backsliding: Bangladesh as a Case Study, Workshop on

Democratic Backsliding in Asia: Resilience, Responses, Revival. Organized by the
Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, 8-9
December 2019.
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Three Decades of Bangladesh Politics: The Emergence and Collapse of the Political
Settlement, Bangladesh’s Recent Pasts, and Imminent Futures. Organized by American
Institute of Bangladesh Studies, concurrently with the 48th Annual Conference on South
Asia, Madison, WI, 17 October 2019.
2018 Bangladesh: Holding Society Together in a Low Cohesion Society, paper presented at the
Social Cohesion in Asia Workshop, Organized by Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany, at
Singapore, 16-17 November 2018.
Discussions on Secularism and Islam in Bangladesh: Four Shortcomings, paper

Presented at the 47th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, 12 October 2018.
Making Walls, Fencing Borders and Living on the Margin, Paper presented at the 25th
World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association (IPSA),
Brisbane, Australia, 22 July 2018.
Bangladeshi Militants: What Do We Know? (Co-authored with Saimum Parvez) Paper

presented at the Annual Convention, International Studies Association, San Francisco, 5
April 2018.
2017 Bangladesh: From a Hybrid Regime to an Authoritarian State? Paper presented at the
Annual Convention, International Studies Association, Baltimore, 25 February 2017.
2016 Religion in Public Life in Bangladesh: Elite-Mass Disconnect?, Paper presented at the
45th South Asia Conference, University of Wisconsin Madison, 23 October 2016.
A Taxonomy of Political Violence in South Asia, 24th European Conference on South

Asian Studies (ECSAS), Warsaw, Poland, 29 July 2016.
The Collapse and the Restoration of Political Settlement, 24th World Congress of
Political Science, International Political Science Association (IPSA), Poznan, Poland, 26
July 2016.
2015 What Do They Want? Popular Perceptions of Democracy in Bangladesh, 1996-2013,

paper presented at the International Conference on Bangladesh at University of California
Berkeley organized by the Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI), UC Berkeley, CA,
7 November 2015.
2014 Bangladesh: A Delegative Democracy in Making? Paper presented at the 23rd European
Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS), 23- 26 July 2014, University of Zurich
(Switzerland).
Workshop on Global Development and Institutions Inspired by Faith in Bangladesh,

organized by the Berkley Center, Georgetown University, USA, 26-27 January, 2014,
London, England.
2013 Water, Security, and the Challenges Ahead, paper presented at the International
Conference on Water Resources of South Asia: Conflict to Cooperation, 4-5 January,
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organized by the Bangladesh Environment Network and Dhaka University, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
2012 Democracy in Bangladesh: A Report Card of 2009-2012, Paper presented at the 41st
Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 11-14
October 2012.
2011 Parental Choice of Madrassah Education in Bangladesh: Some Preliminary

Observations, Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison,
WI, 20-23 October 2011.
2010 Security Challenges to a ‘Weak State’: Bangladesh as a Case Study, Paper presented at
the Workshop on Rethinking Security, Sovereignty and Justice, International Political
Science Association Research Committee (37), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5 January 2010.
2009 Bangladesh Election 2008: The Results and the Implications, Paper presented at the 38th
Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, 23-25 October 2009
A Difficult Decision? Parental Choice of Qwami Madrassahs in Bangladesh. Paper

presented at Conference on Ideas and Innovations for Bangladesh: The Next Decade, JFK
School of Government, Harvard University, 9-10 October 2009.
2008 Constructing Outraged Communities and State Responses: The Taslima Nasreen Saga in
1994 and 2007, paper presented at the conference on “Outraged Communities:
Investigating the Politicisation of Emotions in South Asia”, organized by South Asia
Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, the Musée du Quai Branly, the Centre d'Etudes de
l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud, and the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris,
25-26 September 2008.
Transnational Islam in Bangladesh, Workshop presentation, National Bureau of Asian

Research (Seattle, USA) and RSIS (Singapore), Singapore, 25-26 June.
2007 Bangladesh: Democracy in Peril or the Emergence of a New Order? Paper presented at
the 36th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, 11-14 October.
Islamic Parties and Democracy in Bangladesh, Paper presented at the 103rd Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, IL, 30 August
– 2 September.
The Dynamics of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh, Paper presented at the 59th Annual
Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Boston. 22-15 March.
2006 Portrayal of Pakistani Madrassahs in Western Press, Paper presented at the International
Studies Conference- Midwest, St; Louis,, MO, 3-5 November.
Understanding Madrassahs: Beyond Security Concerns, Paper presented at the at the 35th
Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 20-22 October
2006.
Reforming Pakistani Madrassahs: Déjà vu? 55th Midwestern Conference on Asian

Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 20-21 October 2006.
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Madaris Education in Bangladesh: Continuity and Change Paper presented at the 58th
Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, San Francisco, 4 April – 9 April
2006.
2005 The State-Society Relationships and Political Conflicts in Nepal, [co-authored with
Subho Basu] Paper presented at the Conference on ‘Religious and Social Fragmentation
and Economic Development in South Asia’, Cornell University, 15-16 October 2005.
The Dangerous Liaison: Madrassahs and the Militant Islamism in Bangladesh, Paper
presented at the at the 34th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, 6-9 October 2005
‘We do not see any sign or hope:’ U.S.-Bangladesh Contacts in 1971, Paper presented at
the Conference on South Asia in Crisis: United States Policy, 1961-1972 organized by
the U.S. Department of State, Office of Historian. 28-29 June 2005.
Pakistan’s Madrassahs: Teaching the Alphabets of Jihad?” Paper presented at the 57th
Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, 31 March - 3 April 2005.
2004 Micro-Finance, Empowerment and Social Capital: Experience from Bangladesh. Paper
presented at the at the 33rd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin,
Does Social Capital Matter in Development? 53rd Midwestern Conference on Asian

Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1-3 October 2004
Promoting Political Science Student Research with an Annual Conference and an On-
line Student Journal’. [co-authored with Professor Gary Klass], Poster presentation at
100th Annual APSA Meeting, Chicago. 2-5 September 2004.
2003 Bengali Muslim Identity and Bangladesh Politics: Re-inventing Muslimness? Paper
presented at the 32nd Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin,
Muslim Identity and Politics of Islam in Bangladesh, paper presented on a panel on

Identity Politics in Bengals at the 36th Bengal Studies Conference, Irving, Texas, 4-6
April 2003
1995 – 1990
Crucifixion and Resurrection of Islam in Bangladesh: A Power Game. Paper presented at
the international conference on Bangladesh: Past, Present and Future. Organized by the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Oriental Studies, and North London
University. London, 13-15 December, 1995.
The New Cold War(?) and the Role of the US in the 1990s. Paper presented at the First
American Studies Regional Conference, Bangladesh Association for American Studies &
USIS, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 16-18 November 1993.
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Future of Democracy in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Asian
Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), California Polytechnic State University at San
Luis Obispo. 19-21 June 1992.
Military Regimes in Pakistan and Bangladesh: Similarities in Political Processes. Paper

presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of Western Conference and 19th Annual Meeting
of Southwestern Conference of Association for Asian Studies. 12-13 October 1990,
Austin, Texas.
Bangladesh Revolution: Conflict Between State and Dominant Class(es)? Paper

presented at the Annual Meeting of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC). June
29-July 1, 1990, Stanford University, California.
Intervention of Military in Bangladesh Politics. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual

Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 5-8 April 1990. Chicago.
Telecommunications in the Pacific Hemisphere: Catalysts and Conduit for the

Reorganization of Capitalism. Paper co-authored with Yeap Soon Beng and Michael
Ogden of the UH, presented at the Conference of the East Asian Affairs Council,
Columbia University on Current Economic and Political trends in the Asia-Pacific
Region. 31 March 1990, Columbia University, New York.
Is Defense Expenditure a Predicator of Military Rule? A Study of Three South Asian

Countries. Paper Presented at the 7th Annual Spring Symposium, Center for South Asian
Studies, University of Hawaii, 14-16 March 1990.
Foreign News Coverage on Bangladesh Television: An Analysis of News Content and

Selection. Paper co-authored with Dr. Richard C Vincent for presentation at the 40th
Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). 24-29 June
1990, Dublin Ireland.
Chairperson of or discussant on a panel:
2017 Panelist, ‘A Past Divided: Shared Memories and Transformations’, Dhaka Lit Festival,
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 16 November 2017
Panelist, ‘Bangladesh's Counter Extremist and Terrorist Strategy’, Bangladesh:

Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism, Conference organized by the Centra
Technology Inc, for the United States Government, Arlington, VA, 3 November 2017
Panelist, ‘Drivers of Violent Extremism and Transnational Terrorism in Bangladesh’,

Bangladesh: Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism, Conference organized by the
Centra Technology Inc, for the United States Government, Arlington, VA, 3 November
2017
Chair, ‘China’s Policy Toward Taiwan’, Taiwan in a New Era: Democracy, Cross-Strait
Security, and International Relations Conference, Illinois State University, 14 October,
2017.
Panelist, ‘Bangladesh on the Brink: Surveying the Evolving Geography of Political

Violence’ , Resolve Network Global Forum: Confronting the Next Wave of Violent
Extremism, USIP, Washington DC. 27 September, 2017
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Panelist, ‘Chinese Influence in Central and South Asia’ Conference organized by the
Centra Technology Inc, for the United States Government, Arlington, VA. 25-26 April.
(Panelist in four panels).
Panelist, ‘Rethinking IR in South Asia,’ Roundtable, International Studies Association

(ISA) Convention, Baltimore, 22 February 2017.
Participant, ‘South Asia in World Politics’, Workshop, International Studies Association

(ISA) Convention, Baltimore, 21 February 2017.
2016 Discussant, ‘Conflict, Patronage and Strategies for Inclusive Political Development,’ 24th
World Congress of Political Science, International Political Science Association (IPSA),
Poznan, Poland, 26 July 2016.
2010 Discussant, “Democratization, Secularism and Globalization”, Workshop on Rethinking

Security, Sovereignty and Justice, International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Research Committee (37), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5 January 2010.
2009 Discussant, “Explosions of Democracy: Conflict and Consensus in New Modalities of

Governance in South Asia”, Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS),
Chicago, 26-29 March, 2009.
2008 Panelist, Roundtable on Election and the Future of Bangladesh, organized by Daily
Prothom Alo, the leading Bengali daily newspaper, 20 December 2008, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Panelist, Roundtable on Election, Democracy and Future Bangladesh organized by Daily

Prothom Alo, the leading Bengali daily newspaper, 5 January 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2007 Chair, “Emerging Issues in Bangladesh”, 36th Annual Conference on South Asia,
Madison, WI, 11 -14 October, 2007
Panelist, “Target: Iran? Is Another War Imminent?” Global Review. Illinois State
University, 1 March 2007
2006 Panelist, “Cartoon Controversy: Freedom of Expression or Religious Sensitivity?”

International Studies Seminar Series, Illinois State University. 1 March 2006
2005 Panelist, “What is Terrorism? Why Terrorism?” Panel discussion organized by the
Muktoforum (Open Forum), New York. 16 April 2005
Panelist, “Images of Muslims in Today’s Media”. Society of Professional Journalist, ISU

Chapter. Illinois State University. 13 April 2005
Panelist, “The United Nations and Global Security.” Hosted by Americans for Informed
Democracy (AID) and the Stanley Foundation. University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. 5 April 2005
Panelist, “Elections in Palestine and Iraq: A Panel Discussion’. International Studies

Seminar Series, Illinois State University. 9 March 2005
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Panelist, “Countering Arab/Muslim Stereotypes”. Global Review. Illinois State
University. 3 February 2005
Panelist, “Future of US Development Aid”, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois,

Organized by Americans for Informed Democracy. 21 February 2005
2003 Moderator, ‘Prospects of Peace in the Middle East: Breaking the cycle of violence’, A
panel discussion, International and Global Studies Seminar, Illinois State University, 19
November, 2003
Chair, Roundtable, ‘Lost in a Nuclear Jungle: Dilemmas of West/South Asia’, 52nd

Midwestern Conference on Asian Affairs, Illinois State University, 10-12 October 2003
Discussant, panel on ‘Particularistic Political Culture: The Case of Indonesia and the
Philippines’, 52nd Midwestern Conference on Asian Affairs, Illinois State University, 10-
12 October 2003
Moderator, Perspectives on Post-September 11, A panel discussion, Unit for Middle

Eastern and South Asian Studies, Illinois State University, 11 September 2003
Panelist, ‘Shaping Post-War Iraq: Options and Concerns’, Global Review, Illinois State
3333University, 1 May 2003
Panelist, ‘Shaping Post-War Iraq: Options and Concerns’, International and Global
Studies Seminar Series, Illinois State University, 30 April 2003
Panelist, Representing the War: The Media and the War in Iraq’, International Studies,
Unit for Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, Illinois State University, 8 April 2003
2002 Chair, Seminar on ‘Women Rights in Bangladesh’, Organized by

www.worldnewsbank.com, New York, 6 October 2002.
Panelist, Critical Reflections On September 11: And The Politicization Of Religion. A

Discussion with Middle Eastern and South Asian Scholars at Illinois State University.
Panel Discussion, International Studies Program. ISU, 1 October 2002
SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/HONORS
Impact Award, Illinois State University, 2020.
Honor Award. Weekly Ajkal, a New York-based newspaper, for outstanding political analysis on
Bangladeshi politics. New York, 11 October 2019
Summer Faculty Fellowship, Illinois State University, Summer 2007, Project: Living on the
Margin: A study of the Borderlands.
Excellence in Teaching Award 2006, Pi Sigma Alpha, Illinois State University.
Research Enhancement Award, 2006-2007, Illinois State University.
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Outstanding College Researcher Award 2005, College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State
University.
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarship 2004. College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State
University.
PFIG Grant, Illinois State University, Summer 2004, Project: Pakistan’s Madrassahs: Teaching
Jihad?
NFIG Grant, Illinois State University, Summer 2003, Project: ‘Trade and Commerce in Pre-
Colonial Bengal: Catalyst and Conduit of Transformation?
Special Recognition for Services, Claflin University, South Carolina, 2002.
South-Southeast Asian Relations Fellowship, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS),

Singapore. June 1994- September 1994. Research Project: `Telecommunication Infrastructure and
Economic Growth in Singapore and Malaysia'.
Werner Levi Award, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii. Spring, 1993.
Bangladesh Doctoral Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), New York,
1992.
Who's Who International Student Certificate of Merit, 1990.
East West Center Honor Award, 1990.
East West Center Degree Student Fellowship, July 1987 - December 1991.
TEACHING
Graduate Courses taught

POL 442: Topics in Comparative Politics: Political Islam
POL 442: Topics in Comparative Politics: Religion and Politics
POL 441: Seminar in Comparative Politics
POL/SOA 470: Community Development
POL /SOA 477: Community Project Design and Management
Undergraduate Courses Taught
POL 344: Topics in Global Studies: Crisis of Democracy

POL 345: Topics of Asian Politics: Development and Democracy in South Asia
POL 335: Community Development
POL 254: Global Issues
POL 245: Asian Politics
IDS 203.25: Nations and Narrations: South Asia
POL 140: Politics of Africa, Asia and Latin America
Dissertation Supervision (outside ISU)
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Member, Dissertation Committee, Abi Narayan Chamlagi, Department of Political Science,
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
Title: Breakdowns of Democracy in Nepal: A Comparative Study Between1960 and 2002/2005.
Graduated: Fall 2022.
Member, Dissertation Committee, Saimum Parvez, Government and International Relations

Department, The University of Sydney, Title: Analysing the role of digital media in violent
extremism: The case of Bangladesh. (Graduated: December 2020).
Member, Dissertation Committee, Priyanka Kabir, Department of Public Policy and Public
Affairs, John W McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of
Massachusetts Boston.
Title: Views on Democracy in Bangladesh: A study of the middle class’s perceptions of
democratic ideals in an illiberal state. (Graduated: Spring 2020).
Member, PhD Comprehensive Examination Committee, Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman, Strassler

Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, Worcester, MA.
Member, Dissertation Committee, Sravani Biswas, History Department, Syracuse University.

Title: The Political Tempest: Cyclones in the Making of Nationalist Struggles in India and
Bangladesh, 1876 & 1971. (Graduated in Fall 2016).
Member, Dissertation Committee, Anthony Dimaggio, Political Science Department, University

of Illinois at Chicago
Title: Symbiotic Politics: Political-Media Relations, Public Opinion, and the Power of Party-
Based Regimes. (Graduated in Summer 2012).
Thesis Supervision:
Co-chair. Thesis committee. Nur E Jannat Moon. Graduated: Summer 2023.

Title: Revisiting the Violence and Social Order Conceptual Framework: A Case Study Of China
Member. Thesis Committee. Ashley Johnson. Graduated: Summer 2023.

Title: The Historical Evolution of State Capacity and Its Effect on Democratization: A Case
Study of Egypt.
Member, Thesis Committee, Nick Mullins, Graduated: Fall 2021

Title: Deepening Partisan-Identity Polarization in the US: A Content Analysis of Major Party
Platforms, 1980-2016.
Chair, Thesis Committee, Nargiza Yusupova, Graduated: Fall 2021

Title: The Crisis of Democracy: A Case Study of Democratic Backsliding and the Rise of
Popularism in Poland
Chair, Thesis Committee, Sohel Rana, Graduated: Summer 2021.

Title: ‘Legitimations Strategies of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes; A Comparative Study of
Bangladesh, Hungary and Turkey’.
Chair, Thesis Committee, Zunaid Almamun, Graduated: Summer 2020.
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Title: ‘Political Violence in Bangladesh: Explaining the Role of the State’
Chair, Thesis Committee, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Graduated: Spring 2019

Title: Sovereignty in Islamist Political Thoughts: Continuity and Change
Chair, Thesis Committee, Fatemah Jamali, Graduated: Summer 2019.

Title: Beyond Hybrid Regime Institutionalism: The Role of Religion as an Ideology in Regime
Resilience in Iran,
Member, Thesis Committee, Caroline Kernan, Graduated: Spring 2019.

Redline Erased: US Foreign Policy in Syria and the Criteria for Humanitarian Intervention
Chair, Thesis Committee, Bich Tran, Graduated, Spring 2018

Title: The Relationship Between State Effectiveness and State Legitimacy: A Quantitative Test.
Chair, Thesis Committee, Farzana A Chowdhury, Graduated Summer 2018

Title: Future Melting Away: How Changes in the Himalayan Glacier Threaten Human Security in
Bangladesh
Member, Thesis Committee, Joe Rice, Graduated: Spring 2018

Faith Too Big to Fail? The Struggles and Wishes of New Atheism
Chair, Thesis Committee, Fahmida Zaman, Graduated Summer 2017,

Title: Memories and Identities: The 1947 Partition in Bangladeshi Literature.
Member, Thesis Committee, Arafat Kabir, Graduated: Spring 2016,

Title: The Rebalancing Act: Explaining the Obama Administration’s Pivot Policy Toward Asia.
Member, Thesis Committee, Shikshya Adhikari (Department of Sociology) – Graduated: August,

2015,
Title: Empowerment Through Transformations in Agency: Influence of Self-Help Groups On
Women’s Empowerment In Rural Nepal
Member, Thesis Committee, Scott Siebert, Graduated: Summer 2013

Title: Egyptian Elections and Islamist Politics: Examining the Electoral Success of Islamist
Parties in 2011 and 2012.
Chair, Thesis Committee, Dan Thetford. Graduated: Spring 2012.

Title: Classified Information and Intelligence Leaking: An Investigation into the Relationships
between the Modern-Day Arcanum and the United States Public. (Departmental Distinction).
Member, Thesis Committee, Xiaoyi Hu. Graduated: Spring 2012.

Title: The Effects of Political Participation on Political Efficacy: An Analysis of China’s 2005
Survey on Self-Governance at Village Level.
Member, Thesis Committee, Bishal Kasu (Department of Sociology and Anthropology,

ACED Program), Graduated: Fall 2009.
Title: “Impact of Microfinance and Remittances on the Livelihood of Nepali People.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Nicholas Paul Beaty; Graduated: Summer 2010.
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Title: “Political Spirituality or Rethinking the Enlightenment: A Reflection on Michel Foucault’s
Writings on the Iranian Revolution,” (Departmental Distinction, Thesis won the James L. Fisher
Outstanding Thesis Award, highest University Thesis Award).
Member, Thesis Committee, Ik Kim, Graduated: Fall 2008

Title: “Regional Affiliation and Its Effects on Voting Behavior in South Korea.”
Chair, Thesis Committee, Daniel Evans, Graduated: Fall 2007

Title: “State Building Intervention and the United States.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Nagabhusan Das, Graduated: Spring 2007

Title: “Killing the Tigers Politically: An Analysis of the East Asian Financial Crisis”
Chair, Thesis Committee, Melanie Parkhurst. Graduated: Fall 2005

Title: “The Value of Non-material Wealth: A Critique of Microcredit in the United States as a
Vehicle for the Empowerment of Women.”
Chair, Thesis Committee, Anthony R DiMaggio. Graduated: Summer 2005.

Title: “Mass Media, Mass Propaganda: Understanding the News in a Time of Terror.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Daniel Chand. Graduated: Summer, 2005.

Title: “Where the Green Money grows: Ecotourism in Gabon.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Morag Boyd. Graduated: Spring 2005.

Title: “Internet Based Political Structures: Mediating Individuals, Communities, States and
Political Action.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Veronica Panizzi. Graduated: Spring, 2005.

Title: “The World Social Forum and Global Democracy.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Dawn Peterson. Graduated Summer 2004.

Title: “The Politics of Integration into the Global Capitalist Economy: The Cases of Brazil and
China.”
Member, Thesis Committee, Jude Geiger, Graduated Spring 2003.

Title: ‘The Semiotics of War: An Analysis of the Events of September 11.’ (Departmental
Distinction).
Capstone Projects Supervision (Graduate Students in ACED sequence)
Supervisor, Capstone Project of Laura Livsey, Graduated: Spring 2012

Title: Social Capital in Senegal.
Supervisor, Capstone Project of Casandra Fritzsche, Graduated: Fall 2010.

Title: The Shifting American Community and the Rise of Social Media: Exploring Social Media
in Grassroots Non-profits.
Supervisor, Capstone Project of Ian Schwab, Graduated: Fall 2007

Title: “Predatory Lending and Community Development.”
Supervisor, Capstone project of Tim Johnson. Graduated: Summer 2007
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Title: “Restructuring and ‘Incentivizing’ Public Housing: Case Study of Milwaukee, WI.”
Supervisor, Capstone project of Amanda Hudson. Graduated: Spring 2007

Title: “Job Training and Economic Development in Chicago.”
Supervisor, Capstone project of Donna Hamilton. Graduated: Fall 2006

Title: “Successful Strategies for Revitalization of Distressed Neighborhoods and the
Augmentation of Affordable Housing.”
Supervisor, Capstone project of Danny Santivasci. Graduated: Fall 2005

Title: “Contemporary Community Development: The Practical Implications of Changing
Ideology.”
Supervisor, Capstone project of Peggy Benz, Graduated: Fall 2004.

Title: “The Role of NGOs in Housing Opportunities for Disabled.”
Supervisor, Capstone project of Matt McCleary, Graduated: Spring 2004.

Title: “The difficulties of implementing public input into local government decision-making.”
MEDIA ENGAGEMENTS
I am frequently interviewed by national and international media, including CNN International,

Aljazeera English, BBC World Television, VOA, BBC World Service Radio, New York Times,
WGLT Radio, WMBD Television on South Asian politics, particularly on Bangladesh, and US
politics including its implications for global politics. Below are some examples of recent media
engagements:
Quoted in Nikkei Asia, From India and Pakistan to Indonesia, Asia set for election-
packed 2024. 26 Dec, 2023.
Quoted in Banner News, Journalists in Bangladeshi diaspora say govt targets them
through transnational repression, 21 Dec, 2023
Quoted in German Newspaper Tagesspiegel, Vom Armenhaus zum Wirtschaftswunder:

Der besondere Aufstieg von Bangladesch, 15 Dec 2023.
Interviewed by German Broadcaster DW on 15 Dec 2023.
Quoted in VOA, ‘Bangladesh Prepping for ‘Unfair’ Election, Say Analysts, Opposition’,
24 Nov, 2023.
Interviewed by BBC Radio. ‘Inquiry: Why is Bangladesh in turmoil?’, 23 Nov 2023.
Quoted in VOA, ‘Bangladesh Politician Faces Discipline Over Threat Against US

Envoy.’ 15 Nov 2023.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia, ‘Bangladesh sets election for Jan. 7, ignoring opposition pleas’,
15 Nov 2023.
Quoted in Aljazeera. ‘Bangladesh’s ongoing political crisis is ‘high risk’ for fragile
economy’. 15 Nov 2023.
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Quoted in the Guardian. ‘Full prisons and false charges: Bangladesh opposition faces pre-
election crackdown’. 9 Nov 2023.
Interviewed by WGLT (NPR affiliate). ‘'They have been suffering so long': ISU
professor calls for 2-state solution in Israel-Palestinian conflict’. 6 Nov 2023.
Quoted in DW. ‘Bangladesh unrest casts dark shadow over upcoming elections’. 1 Nov
2023.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia. ‘Bangladesh opposition attempts transport blockade in bid to oust
Hasina”. 31 Oct 2023.
Interviewed by the Daily Star. We need writers to know what society will look like in the
future. 6 October. 2023.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia. Bangladesh-U.S. election rift widens over visas, envoy safety. 3
October 2023.
Interviewed by the Daily Star. US visa policy alone cannot ensure fair election. 27
September 2023.
Quoted in BBC News Bangla. Will Selfie reduce the pressure from the US? (In
Bengali).15 September 2023.
Quoted by Aljazeera. Why world figures urged Bangladesh to stop ‘harassment’ of a

Nobel laureate. 11 September 2023.
Quoted in BBC News Bangla. The reasons Obama Clinton got involved in Yunus issue.
(in Bengali). 1 September 2023.
Quoted in BBC News. Muhammad Yunus: Leaders urge Bangladesh to end attacks on
Nobel laureate. 1 September 2023.
Quoted in NBC News. Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in the U.S. criticizes
government online. 25 August 2023.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia. Bangladesh election tensions rise as protests erupt, economy
dims. 31 July 2023.
Quoted in DW. Bangladesh: Can EU pressure ensure fair elections? 24 July 2023.
Quoted in VOA. Bangladeshi Police Accused of Conspiring Against Opposition

Candidates. 17 July 2023.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia. U.S. team seeks to break heated election standoff in Bangladesh. .
10 July 2023.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia. Bangladesh faces election test as U.S. draws line on
manipulation. 30 May 2023.
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Quoted in DW. Bangladesh: Can US visa threat ensure fair elections? 29 May 2023.
Quoted in BBC News Bangla. What is behind the new US Visa policy about Bangladesh,
In Bengali). 26 May 2023.
Quoted in the Daily Star. US visa curbs on those who will bar fair polls. 25 May 2023.
Quoted in BBC News Bangla. Imran Khan: Will the role of the military be resolved
forever? (In Bengali). 23 May 2023.
BBC News Bangla. Why America Wants to Stop China? (In Bengali). May 5, 2023.
Quoted in Benar News. Analysts: Bangladesh PM visits World Bank to gain support for
distressed economy. 1 May 2023.
Quoted in the Guardian. Bangladesh media in fear after PM’s ‘people’s enemy’
attack. 1 May 2023.
BBC News Bangla. Is Saudia Arabia aligning with China leaving USA? (In Bengali). 13
April 2023.
BBC News Bangla. Was Iran benefited from the US aggression in Iraq? (In Bengali) 17
March 2023.
BBC News Bangla. Iraq war: Where are those who were behind the aggression against
Saddam? (In Bengali). 16 March 2023.
BBC News Bangla. How Much Challenge Erdogan would face in the election? (In
Bengali). 14 March 2023.
Quoted in the Guardian. ‘They beat me with sticks’: Bangladesh opposition reels under
crackdown as thousands arrested. 22 January 2023.
BBC News Bangla. Why America is interested about Bangladesh?’.20 Jan. 2023
Quoted in Nikkei Asia, Bangladesh human rights controversy sparks U.S.-Russia spat, 28
December 2022.
Quoted in South China Morning Post, Bangladesh protests, power cuts, and price hikes
challenging rule of PM Sheikh Hasina, 23 December 2022.
Quoted in Foreign Policy, Bangladeshis Have Had Enough, 14 December 2022.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia, “Bangladesh government digs in against protests as economy

teeters”, 13 December 2022.
Interviewed by Aljazeera, What's behind anti-government protests in Bangladesh? |

Inside Story, 12 December 2022.
Quoted in Aljazeera. “Bangladesh opposition stages protests as it challenges PM Hasina”,

11 Dec. 2022.
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Quoted in DW, “Bangladesh ruling party dominance prompts democracy concerns”, 3
Dec. 2022.
Interviewed by the Daily Star, “‘Dhaka should focus more on Indo-Pacific’”. 23 Nov.
2022.
Interviewed by Bonik Barta, “ববববববব ববববববববব বববব ববববব

ববববববববব বব বববববব বববববববব ববববব”, 5 Nov. 2022.
Quoted in Barron’s/AFP. “Welcome No More: Rohingya Face Backlash In Bangladesh”,

19 Oct. 2022.
Interviewed by the Dainik Bangla, “বববববববববববব বববববববব

বববববববববব বববববববব”, 2 oct. 2022.
Interviewed by the Ittefaq, “বববববব ববব ববববববববববব

ববববববববববববব বববববব ববববব: ববব ববববব”. 3 Sep 2022.
Quoted in Nikkei Asia, “Bangladesh anger over fuel prices echoes Sri Lanka, Pakistan”,
17 August 2022.
Interviewed by the Daily Star. “Dhaka Too may Feel the Heat”, 4 Aug. 2022.
Quoted in Reuters Foundation, “Ravaged by floods, Bangladesh pitches plan to adapt to

climate effects”, 6 July 2022.
Quoted in the Daily Star, “Hints at all-EVM polls: BNP’s distrust of the govt to deepen”.
18 May 2022.
Interviewed by the Bangladesh Protidin, “বববববববব বববববববববব

ববববববব বববববববব ববববববব বববব ববব”, 3 April 2022.
Quoted in DW, “Russia accuses Bangladesh media of ‘bias’ on Ukraine media coverage‘,
16 March 2022.
Quoted in the Pentagraph, ‘Central Illinois natives react to invasion of Ukraine’ 24

February 2022
Quoted in the Daily Star, ‘Leahy law poses new challenge to Dhaka‘, 16 January 2022
Quoted in Aljazeera English, ‘Are sanctions on RAB a shift in US policy towards

Bangladesh?’, December 15, 2021
Interviewed in Bangladesh: A creation of a Nation’, Rear Vision, Australian

Broadcasting Corporation, December 6, 2021.
Interviewed in ‘Whither Democracy? Perspectives from South Asia’, CIPE, 3 December

2021.
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Quoted in DW, ‘Bangladesh's BNP opposition party in dire straits as leader's health
deteriorates’, November 26, 2021.
Interviewed by WGLT, local affiliate of the Public Radio, ‘ISU professor Ali Riaz tracks
the rise of autocrats and democratic backsliding,; November 2, 2021
Quoted in DW, ‘Bangladesh: Islamists emboldened by Taliban win in Afghanistan’,

August 25, 2021.
Quoted in Aljazeera, ‘Bangladesh to open 500 new ‘moderate’ mosques in $1bn project’,
June 27, 2021.
Interviewed by Organization for Defending Victims of Violence, ‘There is little doubt

that genocide has taken place in Myanmar’, June 3, 2021.
Quoted in DW, ‘New Bangladeshi passport fuels speculation over Israel ties’, May 31,
2021.
Quoted in The Economist, ‘Bangladesh’s government cracks down on a big Islamist

group’, May 29, 2021.
Quoted in Aljazeera, ‘Bangladesh removes passport clause that barred travel to Israel’,
May 27, 2021.
Quoted in South China Morning Post (SCMP), ‘Why was Bangladesh ‘warned’ by China
against joining the Quad?’, May 13, 2021.
Quoted in DW, ‘Should Pakistan apologize to Bangladesh for the 1971 war?’ March 30,
2021.
Quoted in Aljazeera report, ‘Four killed in Bangladesh during protests against Modi
visit’, March 26, 2021.
Quoted in Associated Press (AP) report, ‘Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of
independence’, March 24, 2021.
Quoted in DW, ‘How is Bangladesh's Digital Security Act muzzling free speech?’,
March 3, 2021.
Quoted in Scroll.in, ‘‘Development over democracy’: Why Bangladesh’s foreign affairs

advisor has such a difficult job’, March 19, 2021.
Quoted in Aljazeera, “Don’t feel sorry for Suu Kyi’: Rohingya refugees on Myanmar
coup’, February 2, 2021,
Quoted in CBS News, ‘LGBTQ advocates call 1st Islamic school for transgender
students in Bangladesh a "positive step," but not enough’, November 17, 2020
Quoted in a UNB Report, “Rohingya Repatriation: Why Suu Kyi unlikely to change her
position”, November 10, 2020
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Interviewed by the UNB, “US approach to Bangladesh to be shaped within broad Asia-
Pacific policy: Ali Riaz”, November 6, 2020
Quoted by Aljazeera English, “Why is Bangladesh protesting against France?”,

November 5, 2020
Interview by The Daily Star, “Will Trump’s USD 400m debt be a threat to US national
security?’, October 2, 2020
Interviewed by The Daily Star, ‘Democracy in Decline?’ September 23, 2020. (Video)
Quoted in Nikkei Asian Review, ‘US uses defense diplomacy to woo Bangladesh away
from China”, September 22, 2020.
Interviewed by the Daily Star, ‘Democracy in Decline?’ September 20, 2020.
Quoted in the Economist, ‘As Bangladesh’s relations with India weaken, ties with China
strengthen’, September 19, 2020
Quoted in Nikkei Asia Review, ‘China and India vie for clout in Bangladesh with
COVID vaccines,’ September 5, 2020
Quoted in VICE News, “For the Last Three Years, More Than a Million Rohingya
Muslims Have Been Stuck in Bangladesh”, September 1, 2020
Quoted in Diplomat, ‘Can Pakistan and Bangladesh Be Friends?’, August 26, 2020
Quoted in TRT World, ‘For India, the diplomatic battle for Bangladesh has just begun’,
August 20, 2020.
Quoted in Nikkei Asian Review, “China's economic clout chills Bangladesh-India

relations”, August 11, 2020
Quoted in Deutsche Welle (DW), “Can China and Pakistan profit as Bangladesh
turns from India?”, July 30, 2020
Quoted in Nikkei Asia Review, “Coronavirus risks pushing millions of Bangladeshis

back into poverty”, May 12, 2020.
Quoted in Scroll.india. “Bangladesh decision to free ex-PM Khaleda Zia amidst Covid-
19 outbreak is ‘shrewd’, observers say”, Scroll.in. 26 March 2020..
Quoted in Aljazeera, “Bangladesh releases jailed opposition leader Khaleda Zia”, 25

March 2020.
Quoted in Aljazeera. “Coronavirus: Bangladesh founder's birth centenary event

postponed”, 9 March 2020.
Quoted in Aljazeera, ‘'Justice served': Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh hail ICJ ruling’,
20 January 2020,
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Quoted in Asia Times, ‘Bangladeshi lawmakers want extrajudicial killings”, 20 January
2020.
Quoted in WMBD Report, ‘Future between U.S., Iran remains unpredictable as both
countries claim to de-escalate tensions’, 8 January 2020,
Quoted in Asia Times, ‘India-Bangladesh on a diplomatic tightrope’, 7 January 2020,
Interviewed by Foreign Policy Research Journal, Vol 39, No. 3. December.2019, ‘India-
Bangladesh Relations post 2014’; reprinted by the CGS,
Quoted in Washington Post, ‘Used to impunity, Bangladesh elite face corruption

crackdown’, Washington Post, 5 November 2019. Also in New York Times,
Quoted in the World University News, ‘Dormitory killing highlights campus political
rivalries’, World University News, 15 October 2019.
Quoted in Economist, ‘How Britain exports Islamist extremism to Bangladesh’

Economist, 19 September 2019.
Interviewed by The Business Standard (Bangladesh), ‘The Assam citizenship crisis:

'Sword of Damocles over Bangladesh'’, TBS, 31 August 2019,
Quoted in Tokyo Shimbun, 26 August 2019
Quoted in UNB report, ‘Bangladesh needs ‘internationalisation’ of Rohingya issue in

stronger way’, 25 August 2019
Quoted in L A Times, ‘US is using unreliable dental exams to hold teen migrants in adult
detention’, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2019
Quoted in Al Jazeera English, ‘Bangladesh blocks access to Al Jazeera news website’, 22

March 2019
Quoted in Voice of America, 13 March 2019, ‘Bangladesh Police Accused of Harassment

With Fake Cases”,
Quoted in DW, German International Broadcaster, ‘West's 'worrying' support for

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina’ DW, 10 January 2019.
Quoted in the Wall Street Journal, 31 December 2018, ‘Bangladesh Leader Wins Third
Term Amid Reports of Violence,’
Quoted in Aljazeera English, ‘Hasina wins Bangladesh elections as opposition rejects

polls’, 30 December 2018,
Quoted in the Daily Telegraph, ‘Bangladesh voter's choice: Secular ruling party
canoodling with Islamists or hardliners now in secular alliance’, 30 December 2018,
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Quoted in Les Echos (France), ‘Bangladesh : vers la fin de la guerre des Bégums,’ 28
December 2018,
Quoted in Time, ‘Bangladesh's Iron Lady Faces a Hobbled Opposition as She Seeks Her
Fourth Term’ 28 December 2018, ; Quoted in the Washington Post, 28 December 2018.;
New York Times, ‘Bangladesh’s growth-minded iron lady vies for re-election’, 28
December 2018
Quoted in Aljazeera English, “Bangladesh opposition alleges mass arrests ahead of

polls”, 24 December 2018,
Quoted in AFP, “PM Sheikh Hasina on top in battle of the Bangladesh Begums”, 24
December 2018.
Quoted in Deutsche Welle (DW), ‘Why Bangladesh needs foreign observers during
election.’ 26 November 2018.
Quoted in Scroll.India, “In Bangladesh, TV talk shows are the latest scene of the ruling
Awami League’s war on dissent”, 30 October 2018.
Quoted in Asia Times, ‘Curious political tie-up emerges before Bangladeshi election’, 22
October 2018,
Quoted in Aljazeera Online, ‘Are Bangladesh activists being killed amid the war on
drugs?’ 16 August 2018
Quoted in DW, ‘Why Bangladesh student protests are not just about road safety’ 6
August 2018,
Quoted in an AFP report, published in the Strait Times (Singapore), ‘Bangladesh protests
fizzle after days of violence,’ 7 August 2018,.
Interviewed by the World Politics Review, ‘Is Bangladesh’s Anti-Drug Crackdown a

Message to the Political Opposition?; 23 July 2018
Quoted in DW, the German International Broadcaster, “Declining terror attacks: Why
Bangladesh can't afford to be complacent”, 9 July 2018,
Quoted by UCA News, ‘ICC considers prosecuting Myanmar officials over Rohingya
crisis’. 22 June 2018,
Interviewed by WMBD, ISU professor talks North Korea summit, 17 June 2018.
Interviewed by Metro, on Trump-Kim Summit, 13 June 2018, The interview was

published in Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, and Nicaragua.
Quoted in Metro News, “The big sit-down: What to expect from Trump’s historic
meeting with Kim Jong-un,” 12 June 2018, US Edition other editions
in Chile, Guatemala, México, Puerto Rico, Russia, and the global Spanish Web version.
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Interviewed by UNB, Bangladesh News Wire service “New evidence points to massacre
of Hindus in Rakhine: AI”, 23 May 2018,
Interviewed by the WMBD, Central Illinois on the Record, on US withdrawal of Iran

nuclear deal, 13 May 2018,
Interviewed by UNB, “UNSC Rohingya: Dhaka needs to provide strong, unassailable

evidence; Cycle of inaction will be broken hopefully, says Prof Riaz”, 29 April 2018;
Interviewed by UNB, Bangladesh News Wire service, ‘Repatriation deal rushed into’,
Published in the Daily Star, 7 April 2018, and in Dhaka Tribune, ‘Prof Riaz: Mistake to
sign Rohingya repatriation deal’. 6 April 2018,
Quoted in the Interpreter, ‘Bangladesh: breaking with dynasty’ 6 April 2018,
Quoted by Aljazeera, ‘Is Bangladesh moving towards one-party state?’ 4 April 2018,
Featured as a cover story, Redbird Scholar, Spring 2018, published in March 2018.
‘Unraveling the tapestry of religion and politics: Distinguished Professor Ali Riaz sheds
lights on rise of extremism’
Quoted in Wall Street Journal, ‘Bangladesh Exports a New Generation of Jihadists’ 28

December 2017;
Quoted in the Financial Express (Bangladesh), ‘Diplomacy shines on bilateral front, not
on geostrategic point’ 28 December 2017;
Interviewed by UNB, Bangladeshi News wire service, ‘Rohingya repatriation process

faces ‘serious challenges’’, 12 December 2017,
Quoted in Media part (French newssite), ‘Au Bangladesh, l’arrivée massive des
Rohingyas bouleverse le jeu politique’ 25 November 2017
Interviewed by the UNB, ‘Third party absence from Bangladesh-Myanmar pact is

worrisome: Analyst”, 24 November 2017 also in the Daily Star, 25 November 2017
Quoted in National Catholic Reporter, ‘Trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh may test
Francis' diplomatic skills’, 20 November 2017,
Quoted in UNB Report, ‘Hasina's proposals very positive’, 24 September 2017,
Quoted in the New York Times, ‘Rohingya Militants Vow to Fight Myanmar Despite
Disastrous Cost,’ New York Times, 17 September 2017.
Quoted in AFP Report, ‘Bangladesh faces long haul Rohingya crises’ 24 September
2017,
Interviewed by the Dhaka Tribune, ‘Dhaka can’t wait until India and China change their
stance on Rohingya issue’, 15 September 2017,
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Quoted in UNB Report, ‘Stronger Dhaka efforts needed over Rohingyas to avert security
risks,’ 8 September 2017
Quoted in the Diplomat, ‘A Year of Bangladesh's War on Terror’ The Diplomat, 6 July
2017.
Quoted in the Daily Star, ‘Combating Extremism: Still relying mostly on force’ The
Daily Star, 30 June 2017
Interviewed by UNB published in the Daily Star, ‘Bangladesh needs to make careful
choices’, Daily Star, 29 May 2017.
Interviewed by Dhaka Courier, ‘Long-term interests should dictate engagement’, Dhaka

Courier, 25 May 2017.
Interviewed by the Daily Star, ‘Recognition of Qwami Degree: Will this lead to
integration?” The Daily Star, 27 April 2017.
Interviewed by the UNB, published in Daily Sun ‘Bangladesh also needs to worry about
certain issues of Trump speech: Prof Ali Riaz’, 22 January and in NTV website.
Quoted in CNN, “Michael Flynn once said most education in the Middle East is done in
madrasas that are 'hate factories'”, CNN politics, 16 December 2016
Quoted in VOA, ‘US Warns of Possible IS Attack in India’, 1 November 2016,
Quoted in the Daily Star, Beijing ties no threat to Delhi's interests’, 16 October 2016,
Quoted in AFP report, ‘China woos key India ally Bangladesh with investment’ 14
October 2016,
Quoted in VOA, ‘Bangladesh Offers Cash to Lure Militants Away from Terrorism’, 11
October 2016
Interview with Dhaka Tribune, ‘Understanding Youth Militancy in Bangladesh’, July 30

2016
Quoted in The New York Times, ‘Bangladesh, Blaming Local Groups for Attack, Seeks
Ties to ISIS’, July 19 2016,
Quoted in The Atlantic, ‘Bangladesh’s Long Road to Islamic Violence’, 9 July 2016
Quoted in Wall Street Journal, ‘Diverging Paths of Victim Gunman in Terror Attack
Show Bangladesh’s Split’, 8 July 2016,
Quoted in Vice News, ‘Bangladesh is Being Urged to Confront its Islamic State Problem’,
6 July 2016,
Quoted in Los Angeles Times, ‘Here’s is Who Carried Out the Bangladesh Attack: Mostly
Students from Middle-class Families’, 5 July 2016,
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Quoted in Time, ‘Why the Revelations About the Dhaka Attackers Are Not Surprising’ 5
July 2016,
Quoted in Wall Street Journal, ‘Bangladesh Squabbles Hinder Bangladesh Terror Fight’,
5 July 2016
Quoted in The Daily Star, ‘Anti-Terrorism Strategy Faltering,’ 4 July 2016
Quoted in Financial Times, ‘Dhaka Restaurant Attack Designed to Reverberate Globally’

3 July 2016
Quoted in The Irish Times, ‘Dhaka Massacre a Culmination of Mounting Islamic

Violence’ July 3 2016
Quoted in Liberation (French Newspaper), ‘Le Bangladesh, un pays dans l’engrenage de

la violence et de la repression’ (Bangladesh, a country in the cycle of violence and
repression), 2 July 2016.
Interviewed by BBC World Television, ‘Bangladesh Hostage Taking,’ 2 July 2016
Interviewed by CCTV USA, Bangladesh Terror Attack, 2 July, 2016,
Interviewed by Canadian TV, Bangladesh Café Attack, 2 July 2016
Interviewed by CNN International, Bangladesh Terrorist Attack, I July 2016
Interviewed by CNN (USA), Dhaka Attack, 1 July 2016
Interviewed by Al-Jazeera English, Bangladesh Hostage Crisis, 1 July 2016
Quoted in The New York Times, ‘Bangladeshi Troops Move to End Hostage Standoff’, 1
July 2016,
Quoted in Time, ‘Bangladesh Was Founded on the Principle of Cultural Freedom. What
Happened?’, 15 June 2016,
Interview with WGLT Radio, ‘ISU Political Scientist: Curb Terrorism By Curbing Gun
Access’, 14 June 2016,
Interview with Aljazeera English Online, ‘Bangladesh: Extremism and shrinking space
for dissent’, 15 May 2016,
Quoted in Le Monde, ‘Au Bangladesh, une exécution sous tension’, 11 May 2016
Quoted in Time “Here’s What You Need to Know About Growing Extremist Violence in
Bangladesh” 29 April 2016,
Quoted in Economist (London), “Campaign of terror against Bangladesh’s liberal

voices”, 27 April 2016,
Interviewed by CNN International, Bangladesh Murder, 25 April 2016
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Interviewed by CNN International, Blogger Murdered in Bangladesh, 12 April 2016.
Interviewed by Aljazeera English, Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh, 7 April 2016.
Interviewed by CNN International, Blogger Murdered in Bangladesh, 7 April 2016.,
Quoted in Vice News, ‘Trapped Between Murder and Repression: Life as an Atheist
Blogger in Bangladesh’ 9 December 2015,
Quoted in Washington Post, “Bangladesh executes two former members of Parliament,”

21 November 2015
Quoted in TIME, ‘The Rise of Islamist terror in Bangladesh’, TIME, 2 November 2015.
Quoted in BuzzFeed, ‘Bloggers Are Being Murdered In Bangladesh And It Is Shaking

The Country’s Secular Foundation’, 31 October 2015,
Quoted in New York Times, ‘Bangladesh Pushes Back as Warnings of ISIS Expansion
Gather Steam’, 30 October 2015,
Quoted in VOA, “Bangladesh Opposition Denies Foreigner Killings”, 30 October 2015
Quoted in Arab Times (an AFP Interview), ‘Murders underline rise of Islamist militants’
6 October 2015,
Quoted in Liberation (Paris), “Le Bangladesh sous pression jihadiste”, 7 October 2015,
Quoted in AFP report, ‘Murders underline rise of Bangladesh extremists', 5 October 2015
Quoted in Al Jazeera America, ‘ISIL-claimed attack in Bangladesh Sparks Fear of

Groups Arrival’, September 29, 2015,
Interviewed by CNN International, ‘Why Bloggers are Being Killed in Bangladesh?’,

CNN International, 12 May 2015
Quoted in Vice News, ‘Why Do Bangladeshi Writers Keep Getting Murdered?’ Vice
News, 1 April 2015,
‘Bangladesh Blogger Hacked to Death, BBC World Television, 27 February 2015
‘Bangladesh War Crimes Trials,’ BBC World Television, 29 October 2014.
Interviewed in CNN International, ‘Was Bangladesh Election Legitimate?’ 7 January

2014
‘Bangladeshi Islamist Hanged,’ Al Jazeera English TV, 12 December 2013
‘Bangladesh: Mutinous Troops Handed Death Sentences, Link TV, 8 November 2013.
‘Bangladesh Border Guard Trial,’ Al Jazeera English TV, 5 November 2013
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‘Power rivalry paralyses Bangladesh amid riots’, Al Jazeera.com, 26 October 2013,
Quited in DW, 'Uncertainty' looms over Bangladeshi elections’, Deutsche Welle, 3

September 2013
Quoted in DW, ‘Growing polarization ahead of Bangladeshi elections’, Deutsche Welle,

5 September 2013
Quoted in DW, “Tensions rise in Bangladesh after ban on Jamaat”, Deutsche Welle, 9
August 2013
Quoted in the Guardian, “Bangladesh's radical Muslims uniting behind Hefazat-e-Islam’,

30 July 2013
Quoted in Le Monde, “Au Bangladesh, le Hefazat incarne la montée des revendications’

islamistes, 9 July 2013
International Relations and Security Network, ‘Religions, Politics and Culture in South
Asia,’ ISN podcast, 18 June 2012
Interview with Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), ‘Microfinance and politics:

the removal of Muhummad Yunus from the Grameen Bank’, 11 May 2011,
Interviewed by WJBC, “Former CIA agent on bin Laden: ‘A page has been turned’” , 3
May 2011,
The Star, weekly publication of the Daily Star (Bangladesh), ‘Emergence of Islam in
South Asian Politics /Interview, 14 January 2011.
The Star, weekly publication of the Daily Star (Bangladesh), The Religion-Politics
Nexus/Interview, 22 January 2010.
Quoted in Time, “Bangladesh: Bringing a Forgotten Genocide to Justice”, 3 August 2010;
Quoted in Time, ‘Can an Execution Help Heal Bangladesh?” 20 November 2009
Quoted in Time, “Bangladesh: Ready to Vote Again”, 12 December 2008,
Quoted in The Daily Star, “Crime in the Name of Belief,” 26 February 2010,
Quoted in USA Today, “US is low key about alleged Bangladeshi crackdown”, 14 June
2008,
Quoted in Village Voice, New York, “Freedom Fighter or Terrorist? The US Can't Decide
about Bangladeshi Immigrant Sachin Karmakar”, 11 November 2008,
Quoted in the New York Times, “Bangladesh Blast Kills One and Hurts 30”, 2 December
2005,
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CONSULTANCY
2022 Consultant, Integra LLC. Washington D.C. Asia Emerging Opportunities

Project (AEO), Government Paradigms for Urban Resilience: A Three
Country Landscape Review Activity 1011.1020 of the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), May 2, 2022- November
30, 2022.
2020 Consultant, Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), Washington D.C.
Asia’s Path Forward (APF) program, Writing analysis on the political and
economic impacts of COVID-19 in Asia, 15 May 2020-15 August 2020
2015 Senior Political Analyst, Management Systems International (MSI, Arlington,

VA), Preparing Report for the USAID/USG on the Violent Extremism in
Bangladesh, 29 June -30 November 2015.
2014-15 CVE (Countering Violent Extremism) Expert, Bangladesh Country Evaluation,

Management Systems International (MSI, Arlington, VA), Evaluation of USAID
Funded Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) projects in Bangladesh, 4 August
2014- 31 March 2015.
2009 Consultant, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Bangladesh.

Religious Groups and Democratization in Bangladesh. September-October 2009.
Consultant, Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and

Communication, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Project: “Baseline Survey of Citizen’s
Perception of the Media in Bangladesh”, 15 April – 30 July 2009.
Consultant, Social Science Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace

Forum. New York, USA, Dec 2008 - March 2009; Briefing paper analyzing the
Bangladesh elections 2008.
2008 Consultant, Social Science Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace
Forum. New York, USA, Feb - March 2008, Briefing paper analyzing the
prospects and problems of Bangladesh politics with special reference to the
preparation for the general elections to be held in 2008.
2007 Consultant, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholar, Project on

Leadership and Building State Capacity, March – July 2007.
2005-2006 Consultant, Social Science Research Council, Conflict Prevention and Peace
Forum. New York, USA. 11 November 2005 – 31 January 2006. Advising the
CPPF on preparation and implementation of a meeting on Bangladesh and
writing a brief concept paper outlining the key challenges facing Bangladesh in
the year ahead.
2005 External Consultant, DFID. For Political and Risk Analysis for Department for
International Development (DFID, UK), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan
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and the World Bank Common Support for Bangladesh Poverty Reduction
Strategy Plan (PRSP), April 29- May 15, 2005
2005- 2006 Consultant, Religious Extremism and Minorities, South Asian Policy Analysis
Group, the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA). July 1, 2005 – June
1, 2006.
SERVICES
Services to ISU
Member, Task Force on Open Access, (Appointed by the Board of Trustees, Illinois State
University). 2014.
Board Member, The Adlai Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development,
Illinois State University, 2002 – 2010
Member (Social Sciences Chair Representative), College of Arts and Sciences Strategic Planning
Steering Committee, 2010.
Member, University Review Committee, Illinois State University, 2005- 2007
Member and Chair, Council on General Education, Illinois State University, 2004-2007
Services to International Organizations
Country Report Reviewer, Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2024, Bertelsmann Foundation,

Germany, 2023.

Germany, 2021.

Germany, 2017.
Country Expert, Bertelsmann Transformation Index, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany, 2015;

2013; 2011; 2009;
Country Evaluator, Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2008, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany,

2007.
Member, International Expert Network on Islamism, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Finland, 2006
Reviewer, South Asia Conference, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of
Singapore, Singapore, 2006
Professional Services
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President, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies, Oct 2020 – [to date]
Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), Bangladesh, 2019 -
Member, Board of Trustees, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), 2018-
Member, Executive Board, South Asian Muslim Studies Association, 2017- to date
Member, Editorial Board, Populism,
Officer-at-large, South Asia in World Politics (SAWP) section, International Studies Association
(ISA). 2016- 2022.
Resource Affiliate, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University,
Washington D.C. 2014 – 2018.
Reviewer, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) Fellowships, South and Southeast Panel.,
2014.
Served as external reviewer of tenure, and promotion applications for the following
universities/institutes: Punjab University, Pakistan; International Security Danish Institute for
International Studies (DIIS), Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Massachusetts at Boston;
Miami University of Ohio; Texas A&M University Commerce, TX;: International Islamic
University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia; University of Alaska Anchorage, and RMIT University,
Australia.
Served as external reviewer of PhD dissertations for the following universities: University of
Bergen, Norway; University of Western Australia, Australia; Pondicherry University, India.
Editor, Studies on Asia, a biannual journal of Asian studies sponsored by the Midwestern
Conference on South Asian Affairs. August 2010- March 2015.
Reviewer, Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, American Council of Learned

Societies, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
Book Review editor, Asia, Journal of Asian and African Studies (JAAS) (Sage Publications),
2005 – August 2010.
Book Review Editor, South Asia, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
(Duke University Press), 2003-2006.
Member, Advisory Committee, Midwestern Conference on South Asian Affairs (MCAA); 2008-
2013.
Editor, Critique, student journal of politics, hosted by the Department of Politics and
Government, Illinois State University. August 2003 – July 2007
Member of Organizing Committee, Midwestern Conference on Asian Affairs, Illinois State

University, 2003.
Served as a manuscript reviewer for the following academic journals,
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2023 – Democratization, East Asia Forum, International Affairs, Political Studies.
2022 – Democratization, Melbourne Asia Review, India Review, United States Institute of Peace
(USIP), Contemporary South Asia, Perspectives on Politics, East Asia Forum.
2021 – Journal of Political and Military Sociology, Contemporary South Asia, Journal of Asian
and African Studies, Poverty and Public Policy, Commonwealth and Comparative politics,
2020 – APSR, Modern South Asia, Journal of Bangladesh Studies; Journal of Asian and African
Studies, Democratization, Asian Journal of Comparative Politics: Asian Politics and Policy.
2019 – Democratization, Terrorism and Political Violence, Asian Survey, Asian Journal of
Peacebuilding, Contemporary Islam, Asian Survey, Journal of Bangladesh Studies. 2018 –
Modern Asian Studies, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Journal of Contemporary Asia,
Journal of Asian and African Studies, Political Science and Politics, Journal of Asian Studies.
2017: Journal of Asian and African Studies; 2016 – Journal of Asian and African Studies; Asian
Journal of Comparative Politics. 2015 – Asian Perspective; Conflict, Security and Development.
2014 - Asian Security; Asian Survey; Central Asian Journal.
2013 - Comparative Politics, Intelligence and National Review; Modern Asian Studies; Asian
Journal of Political Science: Anthropology Quarterly; South Asian History and Culture: Journal
of Bangladesh Studies.2012- South Asia; Asian Security; Institute of Defense and Strategic
Studies (India): Journal of Islamic Studies. 2011 - Journal of Contemporary Asia. 2010 - Critical
Studies on Terrorism; Contemporary South Asia; Contemporary Islam, Journal of Islamic
Studies: South Asia Review; Pakistan Journal of History and Culture. 2009 – Asian Security;
2008 - Political Studies (Journal of UK Political Studies Association. 2007 - Comparative
Politics; Journal of South Asian Development; Journal of Asian and African Studies (JAAS),
2006 – Special Report, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of
Peace. 2004-2006 – Asian Survey. 2002- Critical Asian Studies.
Reviewed Book manuscript for
Routledge, 2020, 2022; 2023: Cambridge University Press 2023; Peter Lang 2023; Palgrave
Macmillan, 2020; Columbia University Press, 2019; Plagrave-MacMillan, 2019, 2017; Oxford
University Press, 2017, 2016, 2015: Routledge, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009: Georgetown
University Press, 2010; C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. London, England, 2006.
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Dept.

of Politics & Government,

Ali Riaz, Ph.D

Distinguished Professor Department of Politics & Government Illinois State

Visiting Researcher Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, Political

Thomas E Eimermann Professor Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State

Nonresident Senior Fellow Atlantic Council, Washington. D.C. USA

University Professor Department of Politics & Government Illinois State

Public Policy Scholar Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,

Broadcast Journalist /Senior Broadcast Journalist

PhD in Political Science, 1993, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

MS in Political Science, 1991, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

MS in Communications, 1989, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

BA (Honor) in Mass Communication and Journalism, 1980, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Understanding Islamic Education in Bangladesh: Qwami Madrassahs and Parental

Executions at Will? Extrajudicial Killings by State Actors in Bangladesh.

Where are They? Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh. Documentation and

Bangladeshi Beliefs about Religion and Public Life

Pathways of Autocratization: The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics (London:

“The Making of an Autocratic Regime: Democratic Backsliding in Bangladesh”, State of

“Construction and Reconstruction of Identity of the Bangladeshi Diaspora”. Bangladesh

Publications: Books (in English):

2022 More than Meets the Eye: Essays on Bangladeshi Politics

2019 Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Elections

2018 Political Violence in South Asia

Undying Issues: Reframing Debates on Contemporary Challenges

2016 Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence.

2016 Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh

2015 How Did We Arrive Here?

2013 Islam and Identity Politics among British-Bangladeshis: A Leap of Faith

2012 Inconvenient Truths About Bangladeshi Politics,

2011 Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh,

2010 Religion and Politics in South Asia

2009 (Re) Reading Taslima Nasrin: Context, Contents and Constructions

2008 Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia

2008 Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web.

2007 Paradise Lost? State Failure in Nepal

2005 Unfolding State: The Transformation of Bangladesh

2004 God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh.

1995 Voice & Silence: Contextualizing Taslima Nasreen

Published Book Chapters in English

2023 “Constitutionalism Interrupted or Constitutionalism Absent? The Divergence of

‘Three Decades of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh’. The Politics of Terrorism and

‘Understanding the Radicalization of the Bangladeshi Society and Politics’, Dominating

‘Democracy Deficit in D-8.’ (Co-authored with Md. Sohel Rana) In Economic

‘Religious Radicalization in Bangladesh’, The Emergence of Bangladesh:

‘Bangladesh: In pursuit of a one-party state?’ Routledge Handbook of Autocratization.

2021 ‘Working Under the ‘Sword of Damocles’: Experiences of Journalists in a Hybrid

‘Four Challenges to Governance in South Asia,’, Governance in the 21st Century in

‘Religion and Society in Bangladesh: Unpacking the Multilayered Relationships,’

‘Bangladesh: holding together a low cohesion society,’ Social Cohesion in Asia

“Perspectives on Political Violence in South Asia”, Co-authored with Fahmida Zaman,

“Introduction” (co-authored Muhammad Sajjadur Rahman), in Ali Riaz and Muhammad

“Madrassah Education in Bangladesh: Contestations and Accommodations”, in Sa'eda

“Commentary” on Bangladesh Constitution, in John Esposito (ed.), Oxford Islamic

“Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: Regional and Extra-regional Dimensions” (with

2023 Itihaser Dolachol: Bangladesh Gonontontro, Unnon O Attaoporichoyer Rajniti

2022 Lekhoker Dai (Responsibilities of a Writer, in Bengali), 11 essays on Bangladeshi

Nikhoj Gonotontro: kortrityobader pothorekha O bangladesher vobishot (Missing