SRI LANKA – Year 2015 In Review….. EURASIA REVIEW Location of Sri Lanka. Source: CIA World Factbook. BY SAAG DECEMBER 30, 2015 By Dr Kumar David An annual review of the political conjuncture of Lanka to be useful to overseas readers must deal with six matters: (a) the still fluid situation in governmental and state power, (b) the deal with the UN Human Rights Commission on investigation of war crimes, (c) indeterminacy in economic direction, (d) an economic relationship with India in the context of Make-in-India (MiI), (e) receding prospects of a new constitution but nevertheless urgent need for electoral reforms and devolution of power to Northern Tamils, and (f) the return to Lanka’s tradition of non-alignment, and in the Twenty-first Century context a balance between India and China consistent with global and regional realities. State and government The shortcomings of the Ranil-Sirisena (R&S) government so far are not fatal ...
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