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Sri Lanka in 2024: Political Realignment and the Road Ahead
In 2024, Sri Lanka conducted both presidential and parliamentary elections that realigned its political order. By any measure, the election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (popularly known as AKD) in September and the landslide legislative victory for his coalition in…
Modi 3.0: Six Defense Sector Reforms Key to National Security
Over the past two terms, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has created the narrative of being a more muscular, national-security-oriented political party with a strong will to pursue reforms and implement policy decisions. However, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins…
Sri Lanka in 2023: Short-Term Solutions to Long-term Problems
2023 was a transitional year for Sri Lanka as it continued to recover from its worst economic crisis since independence. While the previous year's mass Aragalaya (“struggle” in Sinhalese) protests in response to the crisis kicked out the previous government,…
آئی ایم ایف کے اصلاحی پروگرام میں پاکستان کی ماند پڑتی دلچسپی
مقامی معیشت دانوں اور پالیسی سازوں میں پائے جانے والے شکوک و شبہات نے پاکستان کے آئی ایم ایف پروگرام کی تجدید کی کوششوں کو مسخ کر دیا ہے۔ نقاد اس امر سے اتفاق کرتے ہیں کہ اگرچہ پاکستان کو…
Pakistan’s Fatiguing Interest in the IMF Reform Program
Hopeful skepticism among local economists and policymakers has marred the revival of Pakistan’s IMF program. Critics agree that while Pakistan should continue the existing IMF program, Islamabad must also remain cognizant of the reality that the IMF’s Pakistan program lacks…