Ali Riaz is a political scientist with research interests in South Asian politics, democratization, violent extremism, and Bangladeshi politics. He is a Distinguished Professor of political science at Illinois State University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council, and the President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS). His recent publications include Pathways for Autocratization: The Tumultuous Journey of Bangladeshi Politics (Routledge: 2024), The Charade: Bangladesh’s 2024 Election (Prothoma: 2024) and a co-authored book How Autocrats Rise: Sequences of Democratic Backsliding (Palgrave Macmillan: 2024).
