by polity.lk | Apr 26, 2022 | Intervention
The Argentinian (2001) and Sri Lankan (2022) Financial Crises: Ways Forward from a Feminist PerspectiveCorina Rodriguez In response to Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic crisis, and the consensus across the political spectrum and even social classes that an International...
by polity.lk | 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...
by polity.lk | 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...
by polity.lk | Sep 8, 2021 | Intervention
The IMF Can’t Save Sri Lanka Devaka Gunawardena 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...
by polity.lk | 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...
