Sri Lanka

Will Past Security Cooperation Success Lead to Future Failure?

At the beginning of September, the Pentagon announced a task force to discover avenues to speed the process of delivering weapons to America’s partners and allies by examining the steps...

Sri Lankan Ex-President Rajapaksa Surfaces in Thailand

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was dramatically forced from office in July after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence and other government buildings, arrived in Thailand on...

Crackdown in Sri Lanka: Protest Camp Destroyed, Leaders Arrested

Sri Lankan security forces regained control over the country’s presidential secretariat building in Colombo, the nation’s capital, after cracking down on protesters in the area, seriously injuring at least ten...

No End in Sight for Sri Lanka Protests as Unpopular Prime Minister Elected President

Following the overthrow and exile of former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, demonstrators returned to the streets after the country’s parliament elected Ranil Wickremesinghe, the former prime minister and a...

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa Resigns After Mass Protests

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country earlier in the week after thousands protested his perceived mismanagement of the country’s economy by storming his residence, submitted his resignation...

President Rajapaksa Flees Sri Lanka Before Resurfacing in Maldives

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before his scheduled formal resignation following weeks of growing protests against his leadership, according to Reuters. The Sri Lanka...

Sri Lankan Government Falls: Rajapaksa, Wickremesinghe to Resign

Sri Lanka’s political opposition met on Sunday for talks intended to establish a new government following the pending resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe—a step that...

Price Hikes Lead Sri Lanka to Ask Russia for Discounted Oil

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced on Wednesday that he had asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to supply the small South Asian country with discounted fuel, a move that would...

Sri Lanka Crisis: Prime Minister Resigns Amid Growing Unrest

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the embattled prime minister of Sri Lanka, tendered his resignation on Monday after weeks of demonstrations against him and his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in Colombo, the country’s capital. ...

Protesters Set Up Camps as Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis Deepens

According to Al Jazeera, demonstrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital, have constructed a protest encampment outside the offices of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in protest over Sri Lanka’s worsening political and...

Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis Is Just the Beginning

Sri Lanka is facing a full-blown economic crisis as the country is cash-strapped and unable to finance its imports. The fact that the government had to cancel recent school examinations...

Facing Mounting Debt, Sri Lanka Requests Chinese Debt Forgiveness

During Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to Sri Lanka over the weekend, Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa urged Yi to consider a restructuring of the country’s mounting debt to...