Intervention

Source The last United States (US) security contingent left Afghanistan at midnight on 30th August 2021, ending a 20-year long occupation. George W. Bush along with his Western allies sent their forces to invade Afghanistan in the wake of the ‘9-11’ terror attacks in 2001, in order to wipe out the Al-Qaida and remove the …

US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impact on Sri Lankan Democracy – Pradeep Peiris Read More »

Source Among elite policy makers and experts, there is an unshakeable belief that going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide a pathway for Sri Lanka out of crisis. The IMF, however, applies its policy in a fragile global economy: one entirely different from the dawn of the neoliberal era when global trade was …

The IMF Can’t Save Sri Lanka – Devaka Gunawardena Read More »

Source The Left in Sri Lanka—currently more of an aspirational idea, than an active movement—is once again at the crossroads. Those people who at least explicitly self-identify as Left appear to be split between those who see the current regime in power as heading down a dangerous path, versus those who wish to expose the …

Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’ – Devaka Gunawardena Read More »