by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 23, 2022 | Intervention
The Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Progressive Alternative Devaka Gunawardena The current crisis in Sri Lanka is not only a political crisis of the regime of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. It is also a structural breakdown of the way in which neoliberalism has historically...
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impact on Sri Lankan Democracy
Pradeep Peiris
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 27, 2021 | Intervention
US Withdrawal from Afghanistan and Its Impact on Sri Lankan Democracy Pradeep Peiris 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...
The IMF Can’t Save Sri Lanka
Devaka Gunawardena
by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 8, 2021 | Intervention
The IMF Can’t Save Sri Lanka Devaka Gunawardena 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...
Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’
Devaka Gunawardena
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jul 23, 2021 | Intervention
Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’ Devaka Gunawardena 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...