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A vote won, a nation lost: The moral collapse behind the coal controversy

By Vox Civis Parliament last Friday (10) witnessed yet another familiar spectacle of a no-confidence motion debated, defended, defeated, and, in the process,...

Opinion

When power meets accountability

What Sri Lanka’s government must do when a minister faces criminal charges By Lionel Bopage In any democracy, power and accountability are inseparable....

Opinion

Ranasinghe Premadasa’s example for AKD and JVP/NPP

By Chanakya The role of English proficiency in governance and diplomacy has long been a significant factor in Sri Lanka’s political landscape. The...

Politics

Caught in the crossfire: Sri Lanka’s strategic dilemma

By Vox Civis Sri Lanka’s recent political history has been shaped as much by warning as by hope. In the run-up to the...

Opinion

Sri Lanka has no foreign policy

By Kusum Wijetilleke Without a set of guiding principles related to sovereignty, alliances, security, and national interest, a country will struggle to determine...

History has a peculiar way of repeating itself; sometimes as tragedy, sometimes as warning. Four years later, Sri Lanka appears to be drifting toward a familiar pattern. This time the problem is not the absence of foreign exchange reserves. On paper, the country now possesses enough cash to pay for essential imports such as fuel, coal, gas and medicine
Politics

Distant war, familiar crisis: Sri Lanka’s next biggest test

By Vox Civis For a small island nation that sits far from the deserts of the Middle East, Sri Lanka has an uncanny...

Opinion

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...

Opinion

PSTA more draconian than the existing PTA

By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham The draft of the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Act (PSTA), published by the National People’s Power (NPP)...