Combatting the Cult of ISIS
Featured image courtesy AFP It now seems clear that the attacks on Easter Sunday were carried out by local radicals, under the aegis of foreign fundamentalists. The problem is contained in that…
Author: Ravi Ratnasabapathy
Sri Lanka’s political system: A Failure of Governance
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a booklet, launched by Advocata Institute at the Asia Liberty Forum on March 1, 2019 This essay examines failures of governance in Sri Lanka….
Questions of Freedom: Problems in Sri Lanka’s Constitution, Laws and Institutions
Featured image courtesy Hemmathagama.lk “Commander in chief of the army, navy and militia, with the power of making treaties and of granting pardons, and to be vested with an authority to put…
The re-nationalisation of SriLankan Airlines and the follies of State enterprise
A couple of weeks ago, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the debts of SriLankan Airlines, amounting to a mammoth US$ 3.2 billion, will have to borne by the taxpayer. He said…