Politics Of Sri Lanka’s IMF Bailout: An Initial Assessment – OpEd
Sri Lanka’s long-awaited International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout finally came through. On March 20, 2023, the IMF approved three billion
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Author: Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan
Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan is Chair of the Conflict Resolution Department, Salisbury University, Maryland. Email: [email protected]
Articles by Dr. S. I. Keethaponcalan :
Sri Lanka’s Election Conundrum: System Change And Local Government Election – OpEd
Sri Lanka has an election problem. In 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a political novice with no elected office experience, contested to
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Sri Lanka’s Great Crisis And Presidential Election – OpEd
Finally, Sri Lanka’s eighth executive president Gotabaya Nandasena Rajapaksa resigned on July 14, 2022. It would not be fallacious to
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Sri Lanka’s Great Crisis And The Failed Regime Change – OpEd
On May 9, Mahinda Rajapaksa met his supporters at the Temple Trees, the prime minister’s official residence, before stepping down.
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Sri Lankan Crisis And Regime Change – Analysis
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis instigated a people’s protest against the government. The stated objective was a system change. The protest
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The Sri Lankan Crisis: Dilemmas Of The Protester – OpEd
Sri Lanka slipped into an economic crisis with socio-political implications in March 2022. I have explained the crux of the
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The Sri Lankan Crisis: A Sinhala Civil War? – OpEd
Sri Lanka is in an unprecedented crisis. People are literally on the street for two reasons. One, they are queuing
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Sri Lanka Tamil Party Letter To Modi: Anomalies And Absurdities – OpEd
Sri Lanka’s Tamil political parties, namely the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), the Tamil Makkal
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Why The Tamils Should Stay Away From Sri Lanka’s New Constitution – OpEd
The Sri Lankan government headed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is in the process of enacting a new constitution. The idea
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Sri Lanka’s 13th Amendment: Doomed With The New Constitution? – OpEd
As expected, the government is gearing up to enact a new constitution. In his first policy-statement delivered on August 20,
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