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Sri Lanka

Promises in Peril

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s meteoric rise to the presidency in Sri Lanka has been followed by a sobering realisation: the promises made during a campaign in the heat of a national crisis are far easier to make than to keep.

Season of elections in South Asia

Transition in all the countries every five years through an electoral process now appears to be entrenched even though the election process has remained flawed in some countries where the opposition has questioned the integrity of the electoral process.

Light on Lanka

The country’s efforts to secure restructur- ing deals with creditors, including an earlier agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China, play a crucial role in this unfolding drama.