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.
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 Salikuddin, moderator
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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