Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Patronage politics and the economic crisis in Sri Lanka’s North and East

The North and East saw fewer protests amid Sri Lanka’s economic crisis, but disillusionment with mainstream parties is changing the region’s electoral politics.

| May 15, 2023

Adani in Southasia

What the Adani Group's record says about power, politics and diplomacy in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka

| Apr 18, 2023

China courts influence in Sri Lanka via the Buddhist clergy

Beijing needs new allies now that the Rajapaksas are reeling, but the enmeshing of politics and religion in Sri Lanka is always cause for concern

| Jan 26, 2023

What next if President Rajapaksa resigns?

An explainer on the constitutional aftermath.

| Jul 11, 2022

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