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Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance, Post-War

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 prices of luxury cars with absolutely feeble argument that the latter would…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 06/27/201006/27/2010
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Development, End of war special edition, Human Security, Identity, International Relations, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

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 future particularly with regard to the national question in Sri Lanka. The…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 05/25/201005/17/2010
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Economy, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

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 it has been argued by some that Sri Lanka is heading at…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 11/13/200911/10/2009
Politics and Governance

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 status in its context, let me begin with a personal note. In…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 10/31/2009
Colombo, Economy

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. The financial crisis that began in last September has morphed into a…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 04/04/2009
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Reformist Perspective on Constitutional Change

Since the late 1980s, there has been a general consensus that the Second Republican Constitution enacted in 1978 and the state structure set up by it should be replaced by a new…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 02/10/2009
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

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 earn his daily income by selling sundry items in Kandy pavement. He…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 01/31/2009
Colombo, Human Rights, Media and Communications, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

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 we are living?” –Michel Foucault Two incidents that happened within a period…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 01/13/200903/08/2011
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

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”. Does he mean very long Kondratiff cycle? In a recent speech, French…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 12/10/200812/08/2008
Colombo, Economy

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 means bad habits of mind that cause people to fall into error.…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 07/09/2008
Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

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 the discipline for sometime and my readings on the subject has been…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 06/30/200806/30/2008
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

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 to have with a European high level diplomat in Sri Lanka. Referring…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 02/29/2008
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

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 together with the expert committee began its deliberations, many people including myself…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 01/19/2008
Districts, Politics and Governance

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, including myself, argued that the country should adopt an interim or transitional…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 10/22/2007
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Peace and Conflict

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 type solution to a unitary solution that would be based on the…

Sumanasiri Liyanage Sumanasiri Liyanage on 09/29/2007

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