Riaz in The Daily Star: A cancelled 1971 conference in Pakistan sends a message

Freedom and Prosperity Around the World Jan 28, 2025

After the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh’s economy and government need major reforms

By Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

In 2024, Bangladesh’s student-led “Monsoon Revolution” ousted an entrenched autocratic regime, marking a historic shift. Yet, with deep systemic corruption and political resistance, the road to stability remains uncertain.
Bangladesh Corruption
Riaz in The Daily Star: A cancelled 1971 conference in Pakistan sends a message

New Atlanticist Aug 7, 2024

Hasina is out. Yunus is in. Here are the three biggest factors to watch in Bangladesh.

By Ali Riaz

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has fled Bangladesh, and Nobel Prize–winner Muhammad Yunus will lead an interim government. But several important questions remain unanswered.
Bangladesh India
Riaz in The Daily Star: A cancelled 1971 conference in Pakistan sends a message

New Atlanticist Aug 2, 2024

A violent crackdown has put Bangladesh at a crossroads

By Ali Riaz

At least two hundred people have been killed and thousands more injured in protests that included law enforcement firing on protestors.
Bangladesh Conflict

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In the News

Mar 29, 2021

Riaz in The Daily Star: A cancelled 1971 conference in Pakistan sends a message

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Disinformation

In the News

Mar 29, 2021

Riaz in the New Age: The unkept promises

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Pakistan

In the News

Mar 3, 2021

Riaz in The Daily Star: An ideal vision of democracy in Bangladesh

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Democratic Transitions

In the News

Mar 3, 2021

Riaz in The Diplomat: Bangladesh at 50: The Transformation of a Nation

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Democratic Transitions

In the News

Mar 1, 2021

Nawaz joins the American Muslim Institution to discuss the future of democracy in South Asia

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh India

SouthAsiaSource

Jan 26, 2021

Understanding “rape culture” in Bangladesh, India, & Pakistan

By Rudabeh Shahid, Kaveri Sarkar, and Azeem Khan

Countless examples of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Asia from last year raise significant concerns about so-called “progress” made in improving women’s standing and fighting rape culture in the region. Political discourse in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh is deeply misguided regarding such issues, often leading to systematic victim-blaming which—knowingly or unknowingly—helps the perpetrators.

Bangladesh Civil Society

SouthAsiaSource

Jan 20, 2021

Bhasan Char: An inflection point in the Rohingya refugee crisis?

By Imrul Islam

On December 4, 2020, Dhaka followed through on its promise to move refugees from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char, starting a new, unpredictable chapter in the Rohingya crisis. However, Bhasan Char does not solve these problems as much as it relocates them. Separating some refugees from others does not address the underlying drivers of crime within the refugee camps. If anything, relocation splinters aid response, and further attenuates humanitarian space.

Bangladesh Civil Society

In the News

Jan 11, 2021

Riaz in The Daily Star: Democracy: The journey that has taken a wrong turn

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Corruption

In the News

Jan 11, 2021

Riaz in East Asia Forum: COVID-19 ails Bangladesh’s health, politics and economy

By Atlantic Council

Bangladesh Coronavirus

Feature

Jan 7, 2021

South Asia: The road ahead in 2021

By South Asia Center

The shadow of 2020 is likely to loom large over the coming year for South Asia, which faces unprecedented economic challenges, deterioration of democratic norms and institutions, and the existential threat of climate change.

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Ali Riaz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Media Non-Traditional Threats

Millennium fellow

Sohara Mehroze Shachi

Team Lead - Research Facility, UNDP

Millennium Leadership Program

Bangladesh Civil Society

Fellow

Rudabeh Shahid

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Human Rights Civil Society