Jalal Alamgir

Jalal Alamgir (1971-2011) was assistant professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His books included India’s Open-Economy Policy: Globalism, Rivalry, Continuity (Routledge, 2008). He died in December 2011. Read the tributes to him in openDemocracy.

Bangladesh: a quest for justice

The search for accountability for the genocide in Bangladesh in 1971 needs international support, say Jalal Alamgir & Tazreena Sajjad.

By Tazreena Sajjad and Jalal Alamgir

/ 9 Feb 2010

Bangladesh: a verdict and a lesson

It is part of the hyperbolic tendency of the age to wield the word "historic" rather loosely in describing election victories and defeats. The national election in Bangladesh

By Jalal Alamgir

/ 13 Feb 2009