A political economic study of militarisation in Sri Lanka must situate it within the neo-liberal transformation of the country, the changing role of the state in the economy this has entailed, and...
Militarisation in Sri Lanka
The Rajapaksa regime is on a premeditated course to establish an authoritarian regime in Sri Lanka. The specific modality through which power will be exercised is a totalitarian corporatist state...
The military in Sri Lanka is being transformed from a politically non-partisan entity into the de facto praetorian guard of the Rajapaksa family - a force willing and able to overstep legal and...
Militarisation, or securitisation, in Sri Lanka is not necessarily restricted to the formal military structure; its orientation is far more pervasive, as can be evidenced in the recent developments...