Sri Lanka News & Analysis

The legitimacy of any government is built on the people and their rights, not on loans.

The political and economic difficulties are piling up for Sri Lanka.

Chinese investment has rejuvenated some developing countries and left others locked in a spiral of unsustainable debt.

It’s not just the Maldives where India and China are staring each other down in the Indian Ocean. The “Resplendent Island” is also a potential frontline in the simmering geopolitical competition between Asia’s giants.

China adds a new pearl to the string in Sri Lanka, Venezuelans vote in a contentious election, and Japan’s prime minister faces a scandal that could remove him from power.

Internal divisions are increasing the chances that we see a rise of Islamic State in Sri Lanka.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) find themselves up against a wall with no hope of launching a conventional counter-attack against the Sri Lankan Army. As such, their survival now hinges on a worldwide propaganda war.