by polity.lk | May 20, 2025 | Politics
Horu versus Boru: The politics of the 2025 local government elections in Sri Lanka Harindra B. Dassanayake and Rajni Gamage In the 2025 May local government (LG) election, the National People’s Power (NPP) secured a nominal majority in 265 out of 339 LG bodies,...
by polity.lk | May 16, 2025 | Palestine
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine. Noura Erakat. Stanford University Press, 2019 Kiran Grewal Introduction A direct and consequential outcome of the past 19 months of hell experienced by the people of Gaza is that the Palestinian cause is very much...
by polity.lk | May 14, 2025 | Politics
System Stability not Change: The NPP abandons populism for liberal democracy Pradeep Peiris Judging by its record over the past six months, the National People’s Power (NPP) government arguably stands as one of the more committed liberal democratic regimes in Sri...
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%...
