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%...
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...
