Asia Sri Lanka’s Tamils are faced with a Catch-22 November 12, 2019 0 Image credit: Old Parliament by Scott Edmunds/Flickr, license: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by Viruben Nandakumar. On 16 November 2019, Sri Lankans will head to the polls to…
Asia A most dangerous interaction effect in India October 24, 2019 1 Image Credit: India/China Border by BentheCM/ Flickr; Licence: Public Domain Written by Sten Widmalm. What threatens India’s democracy the most? The Hindu nationalist wave led…
Asia Gotabaya: Sri Lanka’s strong man? August 22, 2019 0 Image Credit: OIST/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Viruben Nandakumar. ‘You talk about human rights, you talk about freedom of individuals, you talk about reconciliation, but all…
Asia Cricketing diary: The 2019 World Cup July 1, 2019 0 Image Credit: 2019 Cricket World Cup by Trending Topics 2019/Flickr, Licence: Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Written by Anna Parkinson The 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC)…
Asia Why accountability matters: The case of Sri Lanka June 18, 2019 0 Written by Viruben Nandakumar. Image Credit: Takver/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Over a decade has passed since the Sri Lankan civil war, but the memories and trauma of…
Asia Sri Lanka’s port development and the role of the BRI May 24, 2019 0 Written by Pabasara Kannangara. Image credit: Katharine Adeney (All Rights Reserved). Sri Lanka is strategically located at the centre of the Indian Ocean and is in…
Asia Combating the weaponisation of digital media in Sri Lanka May 23, 2019 0 Written by Nuzaifa Hussain. Image credit: mkhmarketing/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. A temporary block on several social media platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Viber, IMO,…
Asia Tourism vs. remittances: The impact of the Easter attacks on Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange earnings May 22, 2019 0 Written by Bilesha Weeraratne. Image credit: Ronald Saunders/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Sri Lanka was only a few days short of celebrating a decade of peace…
Bangladesh How do South Asians see democracy and authoritarianism? May 13, 2019 0 Written by Sandeep Shastri. Drawing richly from the State of Democracy in South Asia Report, this article assesses the concerns and expectations of citizens of…
conflict Sri Lanka’s Leviathan May 1, 2019 0 Written by Viruben Nandakumar On 21 April 2019 three Christian churches and three luxury hotels were attacked by suicide bombers, leading to the deaths of…
