{"id":5,"name":"Ali Riaz","url":"","description":"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\u2019s 2024 election (Prothoma: 2024) and a co-authored book how autocrats rise: sequences of democratic backsliding (Palgrave Macmillan: 2024).","link":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/new\/author\/ali-riaz\/","slug":"ali-riaz","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ali-Riaz-2-150x150.jpeg","48":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ali-Riaz-2-150x150.jpeg","96":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Ali-Riaz-2-150x150.jpeg"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}