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April 25, 2019

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Mourns Its Losses, Spain Holds an Election, and More

Sri Lankans mourn after the Easter Sunday attacks, Spain holds a snap election, and Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the throne.

Podcast Coffins of victims are carried in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon The World Next Week

January 9, 2015

Politics and Government
Sri Lanka’s Victory for Democracy

In a stunning upset today, Sri Lanka’s Maithripala Sirisena defeated ten-year incumbent strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena is a former member of President Rajapaksa’s cabinet who defecte…

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Blog Post by Alyssa Ayres Asia Unbound

January 11, 2008

Sri Lanka
Kadirgamar: Worries of ’Unrestrained War’ in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka democracy activist Ahilan Kadirgamar paints a bleak picture for the country in 2008 after the collapse of a six-year-old truce between the government and the separatist Tamil Tigers.

Interview by Ahilan Kadirgamar and Jayshree Bajoria

September 18, 2015

Iraq
This Week in Markets and Democracy: Accountability in Sri Lanka and Tunisia, Malaysia’s Cross-Border Corruption, and Democracy Day

CFR’s Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy (CSMD) Program highlights noteworthy events and articles each Friday in “This Week in Markets and Democracy.”  Sri Lanka and Tunisia Struggle with Accou…

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Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Development Channel

March 20, 2024

Economics
China Has Become a Major Source of Sovereign Default Risk

   

China Has Become a Major Source of Sovereign Default Risk
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Elisabeth Harding Geo-Graphics

May 20, 2009

Sri Lanka
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (aka Tamil Tigers) (Sri Lanka, separatists)

A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils.

Backgrounder by Preeti Bhattacharji