Sri Lanka crisis gives India chance to gain sway vs China
Sri Lanka’s strategic location has attracted outsized interest in the small island nation from regional giants…
A president untethered
Former President Donald Trump has never been seen as the most stable occupant of the Oval Office by almost anyone…
Good governance, bad governance and no governance
The major cause for the development of no governance in Sri Lanka is the 1978 Constitution. It attempted an…
Losing jobs, gaining jobs
It is not as if the Rajapaksa regimes alone are to blame for monetary/fiscal policies and consequent failures.…
America the merciless
As the Fourth of July looms with its flags and its barbecues and its full-throated patriotism, I find myself…
Sri Lanka’s experience suggests China not anyone’s ‘all-weather’ friend
Sri Lanka’s recent debt crisis is a stark reminder that even with the best of intentions, it’s hard for China to be…
Sri Lanka’s quest for stability
Wickremesinghe has the unviable task of maintaining stability of the country to keep it going, feed the hungry,…
Making sense and nonsense out of ‘Adani row’
This was not the first time that the CEB has placed hurdles in India-funded projects. Nor was it the first time…
The world has a choice: Work together or fall apart
It is a natural human impulse, and a political one, to turn inward when threatened by a crisis that appears beyond…
The West must prevent Sri Lanka from becoming South Asia’s Lebanon
What Sri Lanka needs is responsible government and sustainable international investment. The UK should join with…
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