Why, having quietly backed the UNP at previous Parliamentary elections, are the Tigers now uninterested when the most powerful political office in the country is up for grabs?

A close examination of Ranil Wickremesinghe's policies and his brand of UNP also reveals latent Sinhala nationalist tendencies.

The winner of the Nov. 17 election is not going to give up his powers easily.

Why has the international community’s extraordinary focus recently on humanitarian standards has been received with such skepticism?

Do the Tamils really expect the international community to heed our call? Or is there another reason for the Resurgence events?

‘It is the intention of Mr Ranil Wickramasinghe to generate a ‘mod’ farmer without hanging cheeks and whose buttocks are not visible as in the traditional clothing.’ So read a pre-election press release this month by one Dr Rajitha Senaratne, Sri Lankan MP and member of the leading opposition United National Party (UNP), whose leader, the aforementioned Mr Wickramasinghe, hopes to become president when the country goes to the polls in three weeks’ time.

Each vote, even in the most negligible electorate, counts

A mix of paramilitary groups and marginalised politicians are being put forward as the actors through which the project of democratizing the Northeast ought to proceed.

What are the possibilities for consensus on a solution to Sri Lanka's conflict?

Regardless of who wins the Presidential polls, the prospects for a revival of the Norwegian initiative look slim.