by polity.lk | Sep 16, 2025 | Politics
Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism and Political Legitimacy in Contemporary Sri Lanka Shashik Silva Cleavage politics has emerged as one of the most defining features of Sri Lanka’s party system and political behaviour since independence.[1] Political commentators have...
by polity.lk | Sep 3, 2025 | Politics
Man in the Mirror Ruben Thurairajah The photograph came first. Ranil Wickremesinghe walks out of the intensive care unit of Colombo’s National Hospital, a thin smile on his lips, a book raised just high enough for its title to be captured by Harin Fernando’s...
by polity.lk | Jun 24, 2025 | Politics
Aid Interrupted: Reverberations in Sri Lanka of USAID’s Dismantling Sandunlekha Ekanayake Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrineIn a shocking move, President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ right-wing populism and economic nativism has led to defunding the United States (US)...
by polity.lk | Jun 4, 2025 | Politics
‘Crop Top Terrorism’ and the Security State in Sri Lanka Themal Ellawala The evening of 28 February 2025. A friend and I left his house in Mount Lavinia to board a waiting PickMe three-wheeler. As I stepped out, I noticed a group of five uniformed army and police...
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 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...
