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Sri Lanka election
![Sri Lanka’s Next President Will Inherit a Diplomatic Balancing Act Sri Lanka’s Next President Will Inherit a Diplomatic Balancing Act](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-680px-small_sri_lankan_flag.jpg)
Sri Lanka’s Next President Will Inherit a Diplomatic Balancing Act
By Mohammed Shihab
The winner of the Nov. 16 poll will have to balance competing great powers as well as safeguard security and sovereignty at home.
![Sri Lanka Presidential Hopeful Says Won’t Honor Deal with UN Sri Lanka Presidential Hopeful Says Won’t Honor Deal with UN](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap-19288305683726.jpg)
Sri Lanka Presidential Hopeful Says Won’t Honor Deal with UN
By Associated Press
Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he won’t recognized an agreement to investigate alleged war crimes
![Sri Lanka: Hope for Minorities? Sri Lanka: Hope for Minorities?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-03_06-27-58.jpg)
Sri Lanka: Hope for Minorities?
By Neha Sinha
Any optimism felt by the country’s beleaguered minorities remains tempered.
![Look Back to Move Forward: Advice to the New Sri Lanka President Look Back to Move Forward: Advice to the New Sri Lanka President](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-15_07-33-16.jpg)
Look Back to Move Forward: Advice to the New Sri Lanka President
By Jared Genser
Sri Lanka has a real chance to move on from its troubled past.
![Sri Lanka’s Economic Challenge Sri Lanka’s Economic Challenge](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-13_12-45-50.jpg)
Sri Lanka’s Economic Challenge
By Anthony Fensom
The new president has set an ambitious timetable for reforms.
![Sri Lanka: A Surprising Blow for Democracy Sri Lanka: A Surprising Blow for Democracy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-13_11-43-32.jpg)
Sri Lanka: A Surprising Blow for Democracy
By Victor Robert Lee
Voters end an apparent slide towards dictatorship, and confound Beijing’s plans for the region.
![Sri Lanka: A Free and Fair Election? Sri Lanka: A Free and Fair Election?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-08_01-36-30.jpg)
Sri Lanka: A Free and Fair Election?
By Charu Lata Hogg
In theory, today’s vote should be a close contest. Whether the election is free and fair is another question.
![Rethinking the Pope’s Sri Lanka Visit Rethinking the Pope’s Sri Lanka Visit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-01_14-38-27.jpg)
Rethinking the Pope’s Sri Lanka Visit
By Taylor Dibbert
Would a papal visit so soon after the election be such a bad thing?
Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election Heats Up
By Taylor Dibbert
Incumbent Rajapaska is still the frontrunner, but high-level defections are cause for concern.
![The High-Stakes Battle for Sri Lanka’s Presidency The High-Stakes Battle for Sri Lanka’s Presidency](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-15_10-25-22.jpg)
The High-Stakes Battle for Sri Lanka’s Presidency
By Sudha Ramachandran
An invigorated opposition presents a challenge for Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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Sri Lanka’s Presidential Race Gets Interesting
By Taylor Dibbert
High-level defections are troubling developments for President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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