Broken lines: Disaster miscommunication in Sri Lanka’s up country
By Lughadarini Yogaraja On 15 January 2026, as Sri Lanka marked Thai Pongal, members of the Malayah (Hill Country Tamil) community gathered at...
Building disaster resilience: Need for more practical implementation and community coordination
Going beyond facing emergency situations to build strong mechanisms with State and community participation By Kaushi Jayawardena The trembling shock from a disaster...
South Asian uprisings and electoral regime change
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham In South Asia, where popular uprisings have toppled governments in recent years, new governments were elected in late 2024 in...
Rebuilding or repeating old sins?
In moments of national tragedy, language matters. Words like ‘rebuilding,’ ‘solidarity,’ and ‘national effort’ carry emotional weight. They appeal to collective memory, shared...
Enter the Oligarchs: Sri Lanka’s new face of crony capitalism
By Vox Civis It was the late J. R. Jayewardene who once observed with characteristic cynicism, that socialism tends to last only until...
Tax system resting on the wrong shoulders
Sri Lanka has restored a degree of fiscal order, yet the structure of taxation reveals an imbalance that cannot be ignored if economic...
Elections and info disorders: Sri Lanka’s experience holds global significance
By Buddhika Samaraweera Sri Lanka’s 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections took place in an information environment that, at first glance, appeared familiar. Social...
New opportunities and a new chapter in UK–Sri Lanka trade
By Andrew Patrick From 1 January 2026, the UK implemented reforms to its trade preference scheme, the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS). Sri...
Capitalism at crossroads
By Kushan Kanishka Kumarasinghe The contemporary world stands at the intersection of two historic crises. The first arises from the internal contradictions of...
