{"id":17,"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\/old\/author\/ali-riaz\/","slug":"ali-riaz","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/N-405-1.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/N-405-1.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/N-405-1.jpg"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saperspectives.net\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}