Ali Riaz

Ali Riaz

Ali Riaz is a professor at the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University (ISU), USA. His recent publication is entitled Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence (2016).

New wave of radicalisation or taking advantage of the trust deficit?

The wave of terrorist attacks in Sri Lankan churches and hotels frequented by foreigners, which killed at least 290 people and injured around 500, is astounding both in scale and sophistication in planning.
It is not the system but its misuse that is at fault

The idiomatic expression, “Don't throw the baby out with the bath water”, is not something we expect to use every day. The origin of it
DUCSU Election - Let us not become the ostrich

What happened in the Ducsu “election”—which was made into a farcical show by the Dhaka University authorities, including the Vice Chancellor and the teachers of the institution—requires no elaboration.
DNCC Election: The alternative facts and life imitating art

Oscar Wilde wrote in his 1889 essay “The Decay of Lying” that, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.” Little did he know
Politics Gone Missing

Politics have gone missing from Bangladesh. This may sound naïve, considering that the country had a national election less than two months ago and several elections are upcoming.