Sri Lanka: One Year after the Aragalaya

July 27, 2023 01:02:50
Sri Lanka: One Year after the Aragalaya
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Sri Lanka: One Year after the Aragalaya

Jul 27 2023 | 01:02:50

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Show Notes

On July 25, USIP hosted a conversation on Sri Lanka’s trajectory since the Aragalaya protests last year. The discussion examined the island’s economic recovery, the shifting geopolitics in the Indian Ocean and how President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s administration has fared since taking over.

Continue the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #AfterAragalaya.

Speakers

Nishan De Mel  
Executive Director, Verité Research  

Nilanthi Samaranayake  
Visiting Expert, South Asia Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace  

Ambika Satkunanathan  
Former Commissioner, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka  
 
Tamanna Salikuddinmoderator  
Director, South Asia Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace

 

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/sri-lanka-one-year-after-aragalaya

 

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