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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…
India’s Public Health and Foreign Policy
India witnessed a massive rise in COVID-19 cases due to the advent of the Delta-variant in April 2021, with the country recording 1,876,792 cases in a day at the height of the pandemic. The public healthcare infrastructure collapsed because of…
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…
SAV Q&A with Asanga Abeyagoonasekera: Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
On April 6, 2022, Asanga Abeyagoonasekera spoke with South Asian Voices Deputy Editor Sunaina Danziger and Associate Editor Isha Gupta on the current economic crisis in Sri Lanka, including its implications for Sri Lanka's geopolitical alignments and growing public discontent with the…
The Ukraine Invasion and Afghanistan’s Current Crisis
While all eyes remain on the current Russian onslaught in Ukraine and unfolding refugee exodus into Europe, another humanitarian crisis has worsened in Russia’s neighborhood: Afghanistan. The invasion of Ukraine has immediate humanitarian implications for Afghanistan. As approximately 23 million…
The Afghan Taliban and the Erosion of Women’s Rights
In his first-ever public appearance on August 17, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid emphasized that women’s rights in a Taliban-controlled Afghanistan will be protected, promising that the Taliban would respect women’s rights within the norms of their interpretation of Sharia law.…