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Sustaining a state in conflict: Politics of foreign aid in Sri Lanka

This study focuses on the politics of foreign aid to Sri Lanka from ...

Freedom of Religion, the Role of the State, and Interreligious Relations in Myanmar

This study examines the state of religious freedom and ...

Exploring Women’s Empowerment

edited by Ranmini Vithanagama This research has set out to understand how these initiatives have changed the economic landscape for women in the North. More specifically, it explores the economic opportunities that have been created for womens advancement and empowerment in the post-war North. By employing a multi-disciplinary approach, the different studies in ...

Religious Interface and Contestations Between Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka ( Sinhala)

This study examines the claim made by researchers that there is a shift in conflict dynamics in post-war ...

The Chronic and the Entrenched: Ethno-Religious Violence in Sri Lanka

The political transition of 2015 promised an end to ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka. Three years later, this promise remains largely unfulfilled. In this study, Gehan Gunatilleke, examines how ethno-religious violence has persisted, particularly in its chronic form, and looks at some of the factors that entrench and sustain such forms of violence. He ...