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Foreign Relations

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Colombo, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka and India’s Regional Dominance

When the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was hosted by India a couple of months ago everybody sat up and took notice, especially those old enough to recall that once-revolutionary movement’s strident, even…

Lakshman Gunasekara Lakshman Gunasekara on 05/30/202405/30/2024
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, International Relations, Politics and Governance

The President Versus the Hegemonic West

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has a way with interviewers, and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Be it a local or a foreigner, his distaste or contempt for them comes out. His…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 10/07/2023
Colombo, Foreign Relations, Human Rights, International, justice, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

South Asia Faces a Volatile and Unpredictable Future: Amnesty International

The ruthless repression of dissent, the growing crisis of refugees, an unchecked climate crisis and double standards of the West on human rights violations were some of the issues facing South Asia…

Buwanaka S. Perera Buwanaka S. Perera on 03/29/202303/30/2023
Colombo, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

The (Geo)politics of a Bailout

China has backed Sri Lanka’s debt plan. To be more specific, as Bloomberg reported, it has “given assurances that it will support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring.” This is a significant breakthrough and…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 03/12/202303/13/2023
75 Years of Independence, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

The International Dimension of Sri Lankan State Formation

Embassy This month the Sri Lankan state celebrates 75 years of independence from British colonialism. This is a good to opportunity to remind ourselves about the link between Sri Lankan state formation…

Sunil Bastian Sunil Bastian on 02/05/2023
Colombo, Diplomacy, Economy, Foreign Relations, International Relations, Politics and Governance

Begging Around the World: An Evolving or Receding Foreign Policy?

Sri Lanka has reached out to the Russian Federation owing to the growing national crisis in the country, a national crisis that involves foreign exchange, fuel, power and of course basic essentials…

George I. H. Cooke George I. H. Cooke on 03/04/202203/08/2022
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka and UN: Courting Controversy

The Sri Lankan government, faced with grave international concerns about human rights, has made little effort to soften its confrontational approach at home or abroad. As a result, it faces a highly…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 03/11/202103/12/2021
Colombo, Foreign Relations, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

HRC46: Not for Reform But for Respite

Why do Sri Lankan human rights advocates repeatedly place their trust in an imperfect and highly politicised inter-state human rights mechanism year after year? For many of us working in the domain…

Gehan Gunatilleke Gehan Gunatilleke on 02/11/202102/20/2021
Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, International Relations, Politics and Governance

President Joe Biden’s Impact on the World and Sri Lanka

The result of the US presidential election of 2020 has far reaching consequences not only for the United States but also globally. Within the US, the outcome will surely benefit African American…

Devanesan Nesiah Devanesan Nesiah on 11/11/202011/11/2020
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

The Eagle Has Landed in the Lion’s Den

Over the course of October Sri Lanka welcomed two of the world’s prominent powers, China and the US, to the country. In early October, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa held talks with Yang Jiechi,…

Bhagya Senaratne Bhagya Senaratne on 11/04/202011/04/2020
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

Mike Pompeo Seeks to Stop Sri Lanka’s Slide to China

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was in Sri Lanka last week as part of his Asian tour that included regional power India as well as the Maldives. Coincidently his visit came…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 11/03/202011/03/2020
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

Needed: A Foreign Policy Beyond the Shackles of Necessity

Within weeks of each other, the Chinese Foreign Minister and the US Secretary of State visited Sri Lanka, underscoring our importance in the geostrategic struggle for power in the Indian Ocean or…

Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu on 10/31/202010/31/2020
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Foreign Relations, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Sri Lanka and the UN: Retreating from Human Rights and Democracy

Concern is growing, at home and internationally, about increasing unwillingness among leaders – especially the president – to accept checks on the power exercised over the people of Sri Lanka. “I am…

Savitri Hensman Savitri Hensman on 09/26/202009/28/2020
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy Trends since January 2015: Some Critical Thoughts

Photo courtesy My views expressed here today do not represent positions of any political party, or any power center. I do not have any personal or political stake either at the ways…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 06/15/201606/15/2016
Economy, Foreign Relations, Issues, Politics and Governance

More Thoughts on Current Orthodoxies

Featured image courtesy president.gov.lk I very much like Sunil Bastian’s critical perspective on the current Sri Lankan policy agenda “Some Thoughts on Current Orthodoxies,” dated 14 March. Let me support his case,…

Mick Moore Mick Moore on 03/28/201603/28/2016

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