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#GotaGoHome, Constitutional Reform, Corruption, Economy, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka in the Chalk Circle

“Without gas, without kerosene oil, we can’t do anything. Last option what? Without food we are going to die. That will happen hundred percent.” Mohammad Shazly a part-time chauffer, Colombo (Reuters –…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 05/22/202205/24/2022
Human Rights, Politics and Governance

National Community and International Community

“A crisis of this magnitude can lead to renewal or destruction…” Ariel Dorfman (The last September 11)   Perhaps England’s Henry II did not quite say, “Will no one rid me of…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 02/20/202202/25/2022
Colombo, End of war | 10 years on, Jaffna, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Post-War

10 Years After the War: Violence in a Time of Peace

Although the war ended a decade ago, the ethno-political and social fractures from conflict endure. On no other day are they more apparent than on May 18. Often, what we see, read…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/06/2020
Colombo, Human Rights, Issues, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Taking Stock for the New Year

Photo courtesy A tumultuous year has ended, and an uncertain future lies ahead.  Democratic space is already closing around us, and it is critical for civil society to be clear-eyed about where…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 12/31/2019
Colombo, Human Rights, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

2019: A Recap

Photo courtesy The last year of this decade, 2019 is possibly a turning point in Sri Lankan history. When looking back on the year that passed, what looms above all else is…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/27/2019
Colombo, Issues, Long Reads, Peace and Conflict, Political philosophy, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

The Ethno-Economics of Majoritarianism: Notes on Conflict and Gotabaya’s Sri Lanka

Photo courtesy Tribune.lk In the aftermath of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s election victory, a number of competing narratives have emerged offering differing explanations of how we arrived at this result. The prevailing liberal account,…

Uvin Dissanayake Uvin Dissanayake on 12/09/2019
Colombo, Elections, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Presidential Election 2019

Implications of the populist frenzy of the Presidential Election

Photo courtesy  In the aftermath of the 2019 Presidential Elections which concluded another era of the Sri Lankan political journey, it is necessary to delve into the fragility of the Sri Lankan…

Piyumani Ranasinghe Piyumani Ranasinghe on 11/21/2019
Corruption, Issues, Politics and Governance, The Constitutional Coup

The Gravest Crisis

President Sirisena’s actions in dissolving Parliament on the night of November 9 is yet another blatant violation of an explicit provision of the constitution. If the President violates the constitution so frequently…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 11/10/201811/10/2018
Constitutional Reform, Issues, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

Of Constitutions, Cabinets and Coups

This brief article seeks to build on what commentators have already contributed regarding the present constitutional crisis, and to suggest responses to several claims which – perhaps – have not been addressed…

Sanjit Dias Sanjit Dias on 10/29/2018
Issues, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Learning from Sisyphus?

The ‘journalist who fell foul of his country’s ruling dynasty’ – that was the title of , Mr. Khashoggi said that freedom of expression was what the Arab World needs most. His…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 10/21/201810/21/2018
Politics and Governance

Politics in Make-believe Realities

Politicians everywhere are amnesiacs, to various degrees. The condition probably comes with the territory, a necessary facilitator for such in stock-in-trade as lies and hypocrisy. But total amnesia, forgetting everything one has…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 08/12/2018
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

Colombia, Sri Lanka and referendums: Interview with Juanita Goebertus

Juanita Goebertus is the Deputy Director of the Institute for Integrated Transitions. On a recent trip to Colombo, she shared some thoughts on the Colombian referendum, how it came about, her vast experience…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/09/2017
Features, Issues, Politics and Governance

Forecast for 2017: Janeen Fernando

This is the first in a series of video interviews forecasting what 2017 will have in store across different sectors, including women’s rights, economics, and arts and culture. Janeen Fernando from Verité Research speaks…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/09/201701/18/2017
Issues, Politics and Governance

The rat, the hole and Sri Lankan politics

6.15 pm. Oozing dark orange and purplish hues into the far horizon, the sun had begun to recede behind the hills of Kandy, like a tired giant. It’s this time I look…

Farweez Imamudeen Farweez Imamudeen on 12/17/2016
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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