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Sri Lankans who have endured months of fuel and food shortages are bracing for more pain as a newly installed government scrambles to find solutions to the Indian Ocean nation’s economic emergency. Like many others, fish monger Gamini Mallawarachchi says he is pinning his hopes on President Ranil Wickremesinghe ’s...
When Sri Lanka’s president resigned just days after protesters swarmed into his palace, some swimming gleefully in his pool, it was a victory after months of protesting over the country’s economic crisis. But that feeling was short-lived, engineer-turned-activist Nuzly Hameem told USA TODAY. The parliament soon elected...
Ranil Wickremesinghe is the interim president of Sri Lanka per a parliamentary vote, after an unprecedented popular protest brought down former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s administration. But while naming an interim president may help the country manage some of its...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned Thursday by email, after a herculean people-power movement fueled by anger over corruption and massive inflation toppled his government. Although it’s a major victory for Sri Lankan activists, Rajapaksa’s resignation raises existential questions about...
A three member delegation of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), one of the premier US think tanks, visited Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on November 18, Wednesday, for a roundtable session on Afghanistan situation and Pak-US relations. The US delegation was headed by Vice-President Asia Programs Dr Andrew Wilder, Director South Asia Program Tamanna Salikuddin, and Country Representative USIP Pakistan Dr Adnan Rafiq...
In this episode, Happymon Jacob discusses the legacy of the 9/11 attacks on its 20th anniversary with professor C. Raja Mohan (director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore), Tamanna Salikuddin (director of South Asia Programs at the United States Institute of Peace), and Max Rodenbeck (South Asia bureau chief, The Economist). They discuss the...
Happymon Jacob discusses the looming crisis in Afghanistan after the U.S.’s withdrawal with Tamanna Salikuddin, director of South Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace. Salikuddin provides a succinct assessment of the 20-year-long U.S. war on terror in...
This PRT focuses on the following themes: - The immediate and long term impact of the US withdrawal on peace and stability in Afghanistan and the immediate region - Challenges of engaging the Taliban in a democratic process - Engaging the Taliban...
With American forces withdrawing from Afghanistan, the future of U.S-Pakistan relations is uncertain. This event will draw on the perspectives of those that have focused on Pakistan while serving in the U.S. government. The event will consider to what extent Afghanistan will...
The Pakistani government unveiled an ambitious “tax-free” federal budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year that begins on July 1. It will see most spending go to debt service and defense. It also forecasts GDP growth despite what many say are prospects for a major recession fueled by...