Is Transformation Possible in Sri Lanka?
One year after the protests that ousted Sri Lanka’s president and government, reforms remain elusive and the national crisis is far from over. Read More Here
One year after the protests that ousted Sri Lanka’s president and government, reforms remain elusive and the national crisis is far from over. Read More Here
Bangladesh’s economy has grown at impressive rates in the last decade, but is beginning to show signs of stalling. Recent mass protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government are a direct consequence of fears about a collapsing economy. Read More Here
From a COVID-19 tragedy to a weakened Xi Jinping, here’s what could happen next year. Read More Here
While many assumed the government had bought off this influential group with decades of rising incomes, its political awakening may have just begun. Read More Here
‘Zero-Covid’ demonstrations are sweeping China and anything could happen next as Beijing grapples with how to reimpose nationwide order. Read More Here
The Rajapaksas have more at stake than simply staying in power and retaining their wealth. There are also allegations of war crimes dating to at least 2005 that could follow them. Read More Here
After a pause in popular protest during the first year of the pandemic, people are returning to the streets. This year, large and long-running anti-government demonstrations have occurred in some advanced economies where unrest is relatively rare, such as Canada and New Zealand. Read More Here
Anger is boiling over in Sri Lanka at the country’s worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, much of it directed at the island nation’s all-powerful ruling Rajapaksa family. Read More Here
The mass protests reflect six years of disappointment and resentment on the part of locals who have seen no benefit from Chinese investment projects. Read More Here
The fate of Myanmar, though, will not be determined around a table where the people of Myanmar are not represented. Myanmar’s protestors remain resolute in rejecting the military’s attempted coup. Meanwhile, the military has stated that it will only recognize ASEAN’s mediation role once the “situation returns to stability.” Read Here | The National Interest