Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Crisis: The Geopolitical Dimension
The sacking of Sri Lanka’s prime minister bodes poorly for India and the US, but is a welcome sign for China.
By Ana Pararajasingham
The entire country, not to mention the international community, was taken unawares on October 25 when Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former president.
It was widely known that there has been tension between Sirisena and Wickramasinghe for quite some time. Relations worsened following the local
The sacking of Sri Lanka’s prime minister bodes poorly for India and the US, but is a welcome sign for China.
By Ana Pararajasingham
The entire country, not to mention the international community, was taken unawares on October 25 when Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, the former president.
It was widely known that there has been tension between Sirisena and Wickramasinghe for quite some time. Relations worsened following the local