by polity.lk | Apr 29, 2025 | Politics
Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Postwar Transition in Sri Lanka. Bart Klem. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024 Sakuntala Kadirgamar War and peace have remained unsettled business in Sri Lanka. Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil...
by polity.lk | Apr 8, 2025 | Economy
Made in Sri Lanka, Taxed in America, and Failed by the IMF Taniya Silvapulle Introduction On 2 April 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, imposing trade measures on partners across the globe. The policy included a baseline 10%...
by polity.lk | Apr 1, 2025 | Politics
The Revival of the JVP after 1989 Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri What follows is a brief account of the history of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) from 1990 to the election victory of the JVP-led broader front, the National People’s Power (NPP) in 2024.[1] Given the fact...
by polity.lk | Mar 25, 2025 | Economy
Budget 2025: Playing A Bad Hand B. Skanthakumar Introduction ‘Budget 2025’ – delivered before parliament on 17 February by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) in his capacity as Minister of Finance and passed on 21 March – is the first concretisation of the...
by polity.lk | Mar 18, 2025 | Economy
Contingence, Conjuncture and Structure: The Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka Sumanasiri Liyanage Prologue Vice-Chancellor; Deputy Vice-Chancellor; Dean, Faculty of Arts; Head, Department of Economics; members of Prof. H. A. de S. Gunasekera’s family; colleagues, friends,...
