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Beyond the Brink: Can an Old Face Save a Country in Freefall?
On May 16, Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, declared that Sri Lanka only had enough petroleum stocks for one day. In a special statement, he outlined the island’s economic challenges in light of its first-ever sovereign default. The…
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: Foreign Policy Amidst Domestic Tumult
Since the start of the new year, Sri Lanka has fallen deeper into an economic crisis. The crisis has led to protests across the country, the resignation of its Prime Minister, and its first debt default since independence. Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Sri Lanka’s Oppressive Stability Starts to Crumble
On the evening of April 2nd, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a weekend-long state of emergency on the island after protests erupted outside his Colombo residence. While Sri Lanka is no stranger to periods of state of emergency—the last was imposed…
After a Year of Fighting, Myanmar’s Junta is Showing Frustration
It has been a year since the military in Myanmar, in a dramatic coup, overthrew the elected government, dissolved the parliament, and detained several senior members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), including President Win Myint and State Counsellor…
India’s Domestic Manufacturing Amidst COVID-19
Since coming to power in 2014, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s objectives has been for manufacturing to account for 25 percent of India’s GDP by 2025. Throughout Modi’s first term in office, the “Make in India” campaign was the…
پاکستان کی قومی سلامتی پالیسی: مواقع اور تضادات
۱۴ جنوری کو پاکستان نے اپنی پہلی اور جامع قومی سلامتی پالیسی (این ایس پی) کا اعلان کیا۔ اس نئی پالیسی نے جلد ہی عسکری و سیاسی حلقوں سے لے کے مفکرین و تجزیہ کاروں میں ایک بحث کو جنم…