On February 12, Bangladesh went to the polls for the first elections since the country's student-led July 2024 uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina's Awami League from power. The elections were a decisive victory for the Bangladesh National Party, but also pointed to future influence for Jamaat-e-Islami and uncertain next steps for the country's student movement. Voters also approved substantial constitutional reforms. Dr. David Jackman (Oxford University) joins the pod to discuss the elections, and how his research on urban politics and criminal syndicates sheds new light on points of transition and continuity in the country's politics.

Check out Jackman's new book, Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka (Cambridge University Press).