Behind the crisis in Sri Lanka – how political and economic mismanagement combined to plunge nation into turmoil

Protests over shortages forced the ouster of Sri Lanka’s president, but the crisis has deep-set roots in ethnonationalism, which has encouraged corruption, argues an expert on the country’s politics.

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