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Sri Lanka’s New Constitution - a Politico- Legal Challenge

In accordance with the electoral promises made by the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government relating to the abolition of the executive Presidency, electoral reforms; transparency and accountability in governance and finding a political solution to ethni....

June 20, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka’s New Constitution , politico-socio-legal , Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka: The Unfinished Part of the Eelam War

C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

While many are optimistic about the Maithripala Sirisena government’s ability to make progress on reconciliation, some systemic issues need to be addressed which not only demands political will, but also requires cooperation from diaspora, civil so....

June 17, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Eelam War , Sri Lankan Tamils

Interaction with Hon’ble Jayampathy Wikramaratne, Member of Parliament, Sri Lanka

The VIF on 14 April 2016 hosted hon’ble Jayampathy Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka) and Chairman of the Committee on Constitution Reforms for an interaction on the Constitution-making process in Sri Lanka, a process that got underway....

April 20, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Interaction , Jayampathy Wikramaratne , Sri Lanka’s Parliament

Re-asserting ‘Neighbourhood First’- External Affairs Minister’s Sri Lanka Visit

Anushree Ghisad

Keeping up with the momentum of 2015 which was a historic year in terms of high level bilateral visits, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj paid a successful visit to Sri Lanka on February 5 and 6, 2016, right at the beginning on New Year. She at....

February 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka Visit , MEA , Sushma Swaraj , India-Sri Lanka Relation

Visit of VIF Delegation to Sri Lanka

1. A VIF-CII delegation headed by Gen. NC Vij and comprising of Lt. Gen Ravi Sawhney, Mr. CD Sahay, Ambassador Alok Prasad, Mr. Manish Mohan, Regional Director International for South and Central Asia of CII AND Mr. Pankaj Mohan, Vice president KEC ....

December 30, 2015 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Conferences , Indian Ocean Region , Political Situation , Indo-Sri Lankan Bilateral Relations , Buddhist Sangha

India-Sri Lanka Cooperation in Joint Sea Exploration

(VIF-Pathfinder joint paper)

Introduction: India and Sri Lanka are strategically located at a crossroads within the Indian Ocean; a body of water 68.5 million sq. km in extent and the third largest of the world’s oceans, after the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Their ....

November 26, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , India-Sri Lanka , Joint Sea Exploration , Indian Ocean

UNHRC Resolution on Sri Lanka- An Assessment

Anushree Ghisad

After a delay of nearly six months, the 268-page long report of the UNHCR on alleged ‘war crimes’ in Sri Lanka was released during the ongoing thirtieth session of the Commission. Broadly, the report deals with human rights violations during the ....

October 16, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , UNHRC , LTTE

Sri Lankan General Elections 2015 - An Assessment

Anushree Ghisad

1. In my earlier article on the Sri Lankan General Elections (‘Curtain Raiser’, VIF 07-2015) various possible out comes of the elections were out lined. As was mentioned therein, the electoral contest was mainly between the two key alliances na....

October 07, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka , General Election , UPFA , Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka: Mandate to continue with change

Nitin A Gokhale

Will it be fourth time lucky for Ranil Wickramasinghe? Sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Friday afternoon, Ranil Wickramasinghe is not new to the post. He has been PM in the past--1993-94, 2001-04--and since January this year when he and Pre....

August 21, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka General Elections - Curtain Raiser

Anushree Ghisad

This is in continuations with series of previous articles where the political situation in Sri Lanka was assessed. Now the crunch time as it were has arrived for the political leaders and parties to not only test their own respective strengths on the....

August 01, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka