2010/01/01 by Jayadeva Uyangoda · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography #Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies #Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development
paper · doi:10.1525/as.2010.50.1.104
openalex publication_date 2010/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11
Political developments in Sri Lanka in 2009 centered primarily around the end of the protracted civil war between the state and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), with the total military defeat of the LTTE. Sri Lanka subsequently entered an uncertain phase of post-civil war political reconstruction. The announcement to hold early presidential elections in January 2010 added to uncertainties to Sri Lanka's post-civil war political process. Sri Lanka also moved away from the West toward other Asian and Middle Eastern powers.