Personal page and articles by Sumanasiri Liyanage
Constitutional Reforms in Sri Lanka: What was asked for, What was promised and What is going to be offered?
In Sri Lankan politics, things oftentimes turn topsy-turvy. When people asked for lower prices for basic food items, government lowers...
Continue reading »The Drivers and Scenarios in Post-War Sri Lanka
My focus in this essay is not what happened in the past but what can be envisioned in the near...
Continue reading »Is Sri Lanka on the East Asian Path?
Many questions with regard to democratic values and system of government in Sri Lanka have surfaced in recent years and...
Continue reading »Theory and Practice of Democracy in Sri Lanka
This is one of the subjects that has in recent years put me in constant confusion. To situate my confused...
Continue reading »G- 20 and the World Economic Crisis
All appear bleak in the global economy as Group of 20 leaders gathered in London on Thursday, April 1, 2009....
Continue reading »Reformist Perspective on Constitutional Change
This is the text of the speech delivered at the seminar organized by NIPU on December 21, 2008. Since the...
Continue reading »Are We Back on Square One?
The proximate cause that led me to write this article was a question asked by a friend of mine who...
Continue reading »Attacks on Media
“What’s going on just now? What’s happening to us? What is this world, this period, this precise moment in which...
Continue reading »A Spectre Haunting Global Capitalism
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has described the current financial crises as “probably a once-in-a-century event”....
Continue reading »Idols of the Market-Place
One of the well-known parts of Francis Bacon’s philosophy is his enumeration of what he calls “idols” by which he...
Continue reading »The Dead-End Formula of Neo-Liberal Economics
Although I teach economics at the University of Peradeniya for my bread and butter, I have been quite distant from...
Continue reading »The Attacks on Civil Society Organizations
Sumanasiri Liyanage Dr Pradeep Jeganathan’s dinner experience in Delhi with a French anthropologist reminded me a recent meeting I happened...
Continue reading »What Can We Expect from the APRC?
The All Party Representative Committee (APRC) is supposed submit its report to the President on January 23. When the APRC...
Continue reading »Views of the Periphery – A presidential candidate with a transitional programme
By Sumanasiri Liyanage Somewhere in 2003 when the issue of interim administration for Northern and Eastern Provinces was raised, some,...
Continue reading »Seeking a Solution: 13th Amendment + or 2000 +
The United National Party has changed its policy on ethno-political question and stated that it would withdraw from a federal...
Continue reading »Subscribe to Content Updates
iPhone app
