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Sri Lanka Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists
![Don’t Let China Dictate US and Indian Policy on Sri Lanka Don’t Let China Dictate US and Indian Policy on Sri Lanka](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-09-7.jpg)
Don’t Let China Dictate US and Indian Policy on Sri Lanka
By Madura Rasaratnam and Mario Arulthas
The U.S. and India cannot advance their interests in Sri Lanka by appeasing Colombo.
![Myanmar and Sri Lanka: Bound by Travails Myanmar and Sri Lanka: Bound by Travails](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-26-12.jpg)
Myanmar and Sri Lanka: Bound by Travails
By Thusiyan Nandakumar
The February coup in Myanmar should serve as a wake-up call when it comes to Sri Lanka.
![Sinhalese Leviathan: How Gotabaya Rajapaksa Is Remaking Sri Lanka Sinhalese Leviathan: How Gotabaya Rajapaksa Is Remaking Sri Lanka](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-19-4.jpg)
Sinhalese Leviathan: How Gotabaya Rajapaksa Is Remaking Sri Lanka
By Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan
With the Rajapaksa brothers at the helm, majoritarian politics threatens to morph into militant nationalism in Sri Lanka.
![Sri Lanka’s Election Results Reveal a Divided Country Sri Lanka’s Election Results Reveal a Divided Country](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2019-12-12-6.jpg)
Sri Lanka’s Election Results Reveal a Divided Country
By Bahauddin Foizee
Religious nationalism influenced Sri Lanka's election results -- and that influence is not going away anytime soon.
![Sri Lanka’s Anti-Muslim Violence Sri Lanka’s Anti-Muslim Violence](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18065439270768.jpg)
Sri Lanka’s Anti-Muslim Violence
By Sudha Ramachandran
Anti-Muslim violence on the island has a long history tied to conceptions of Sinhalese-Buddhist identity.
![Sri Lanka: The Rajapaksas Rise Again Sri Lanka: The Rajapaksas Rise Again](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-19_16-43-56.jpg)
Sri Lanka: The Rajapaksas Rise Again
By SinhaRaja Tammita-Delgoda
Disillusionment with the Sirisena regime is running high, giving the Rajapaksa clan a chance to reclaim lost glory.
![Why Sri Lanka Doesn't Trust the UN Why Sri Lanka Doesn't Trust the UN](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-09_17-59-46.jpg)
Why Sri Lanka Doesn't Trust the UN
By Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan
Popular opinion in Sri Lanka views the UN's human rights efforts as a form of neocolonialism.
![Lion's Blood: Behind Sri Lanka's Sinha Le Movement Lion's Blood: Behind Sri Lanka's Sinha Le Movement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-29_13-42-59.jpg)
Lion's Blood: Behind Sri Lanka's Sinha Le Movement
By Zachary Walko
The rise of Sinhala-Buddhist ultra-nationalism (allegedly with political backing) could threaten reconciliation.
![Interview: Dilanthe Withanage on Sinhala-Buddhist Nationalism Interview: Dilanthe Withanage on Sinhala-Buddhist Nationalism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-28_16-15-27.jpg)
Interview: Dilanthe Withanage on Sinhala-Buddhist Nationalism
By Zachary Walko
An interview with Dilanthe Withanage, the chief executive officer of Sri Lanka's Bodu Bala Sena (BBS).
![Sri Lanka’s Muslims in the Cross Hairs Sri Lanka’s Muslims in the Cross Hairs](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/12551_525386e9a9b4e.jpg)
Sri Lanka’s Muslims in the Cross Hairs
By Sudha Ramachandran
Turning their attention from Tamils, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists are now targeting the island's Muslim minority.
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