China emerges as wild card in elections across Asia
By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR The campaigned ahead of last month’s Malaysian general election, Mahathir Mohamad, the veteran politician, deftly tapped into…
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China emerges as wild card in elections across Asia
By Marwaan Macan-Markar As he campaigned ahead of last month’s Malaysian general election, Mahathir Mohamad, the veteran politician, deftly tapped…
Perspectives on India’s relations with smaller neighbours
By Col R Hariharan [This is an edited compilation of answers to questions raised by an Indian research scholar on…
Six ways Sri Lanka can attract more foreign investment
By Tatiana Nenova To facilitate Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Sri Lanka launched last week an innovative online one-stop shop to…
Sujeewa Senasinghe and the politics of spectacle
By Malinda Seneviratne Years ago, a young graduate made a very perceptive observation: ‘there are no wrongdoers in this world;…
MR. MINISTER “FACTS ARE STUBBORN” !
“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you…
Sri Lanka’s private insurance providers exploit language barrier: Research
Sri Lanka’s top five general insurance providers which account for two-thirds of the market share, is seem to exploit the…
Living the dream: impossible?
By Venuri Gangodawila We all irrespective of the age, have dreams. Or at least “had” dreams. A dream to do…
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOSS ARISING FROM THE BOND SCAM
By Ajith Nivard Cabraal (I) BACKGROUND TO THIS REPORT Over the past thirty two months, various inquiries, investigations and judicial…
Choose your poison, ladies and gentlemen
By Malinda Seneviratne There’s a term that has consistently defined electoral politics in Sri Lanka: default option. We’ve heard it before.…