Darini Rajasingham Senanayake

Two Very Different Processes

Lessons from Sri Lanka and Aceh, Indonesia, five years after the tsunami.

Dec 01, 2009

Disaster capitalism, neo-liberal peace and a return to war

With the end of peace in Sri Lanka, the time has come for a massive re-appraisal of the international community’s successes, failures and outright incompetencies in the name of rehabilitation, reconstruction and peace-building.

Jul 08, 2006

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