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Curated legitimacy in a moral economy

The curious case of Namal Rajapaksa and the Cambridge Union By Kusum Wijetilleke Cancel culture is so passé, very 2010, but the de-platforming...

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Terrorism, trade and a system of preferences

By Kusum Wijetilleke Sri Lanka and the European Union (EU) held the 27th Session of the EU-Sri Lanka Joint Commission in Colombo on...

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The executive presidency: Tool or temptation?

By Kusum Wijetilleke Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) Government has reopened the constitutional question with a familiar project to abolish the Executive...

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Abdicating the throne: The slow and subtle death of parliamentary democracy

By Kusum Wijetilleke Across a growing number of democracies, parliamentary systems are failing in a manner that is both subtle and deeply corrosive....

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No courage, no convictions… no confidence!

By Kusum Wijetilleke It is necessary to submit that the Minister of Education, Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, is perhaps one of the most...