Anura Kumara Dissanayake Archives

China or India? Sri Lanka’s presidential election becomes a battleground for influence

Sajith Premadasa, who split from the UNP in 2019, will represent Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), while Anura Kumara Dissanayake of National People’s Power (NPP), and leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) …

In Sri Lanka, India embraces a resurgent old foe to keep China at bay

by Walter Watson

For an alliance that won just 3.84 per cent of the vote in the 2020 general elections, it marks quite the reversal of political fortunes. But much has changed in …