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The U.S. raising Engagement in South Asia: New Battlefield of Sino-US rivalry
With the new year 2023, the visits of top American diplomats to South Asian countries have increased. These recent visits are concluded as the...
Sri Lankans deserve a clean break from the past
The decision of former president Maithripala Sirisena to run for president pits two unpopular, establishment candidates against one another. With both Sirisena and Ranil...
Political Failure and Economic Crisis: Case Study of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a severe economic and political crisis that recently resulted in a default on debt obligations. Additionally, the nation's foreign...
Food Insecurity: The Current Crisis
Sri Lanka is facing hardships immensely. People are struggling to fulfill their basic needs and they have sacrificed their mid-term goals and long-term goals....
Are India-Sri Lanka relations on the mend?
India and Sri Lanka have been close neighbours with more than 2500 years of shared history. The interaction between the two countries ranges across...
The financial crisis of Sri Lanka: History, Factors, Effects and its Consequences all over the world
The small island nation of Sri Lanka made its first financial default since its formation in 1948 on May 18, 2022, sending a troubling...
Unprecedented Shocks Rattle South Asia, Exacerbating Challenges and Dampening Growth
Beset with Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, Pakistan’s catastrophic floods, a global slowdown, and impacts of the war in Ukraine, South Asia faces an unprecedented...
MV X-Press Pearl: A Conundrum of Maritime Jurisdiction
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Niharika Goel*
When the MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship owned by a Singapore-based company caught fire near the Colombo harbour of...
Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia
Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei on Friday, who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked...
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis pushes health system to brink of collapse
Sri Lanka is in the midst of the worst socio-economic crisis in its history, and the once robust health-care system is nearing collapse, with...