Talukder Maniruzzaman is a professor of Political Science at the University of Dhaka. He has published many articles in English, American, Canadian, Indian, and Bangladeshi journals and has contributed to several edited volumes. His publications include Group Interests and Political Changes: Studies of Pakistan and Bangladesh; The Security of Small States in the Third World; and Military Withdrawal from Politics: A Comparative Study. He is an advisory editor of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and has contributed to it the section on politics in Bangladesh.