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Sri Lanka unemployment
![To Please the IMF, Sri Lanka is Cutting Troop Numbers To Please the IMF, Sri Lanka is Cutting Troop Numbers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-28-134951.jpg)
To Please the IMF, Sri Lanka is Cutting Troop Numbers
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Instead, it should retrain its soldiers and redeploy them in policing, peacekeeping, and disaster rescue and relief roles.
![In Defense of Sri Lanka’s Defense Budget In Defense of Sri Lanka’s Defense Budget](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-14-014911.jpg)
In Defense of Sri Lanka’s Defense Budget
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Reducing allocation for defense will require retrenching soldiers. Cutting loose angry youth with weapons skills is not what the crisis-ridden island needs now.
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