Zana Syla is a PhD Candidate at the University of East Anglia’s School of Law. She specialises in statehood, contested states and international legal personality.
The article reveals the little-known role of Buddhist monks in the JVP’s second insurrection in Sri Lanka during the late 1980s, tracing their involvement in revolutionary politics, the brutal violence that claimed
Tobacco use among schoolchildren in Sri Lanka has increased significantly over the past eight years, with the proportion of students who have tried smoking at least once doubling between 2016 and 2024, according to a World Health Organization survey. The
Plans to open Sri Lanka’s Adam’s Bridge Marine National Park to tourism on October 15 have drawn strong objections from an environmental lawyer and
Sri Lanka’s state universities are struggling to recruit and retain senior academics as lecturers leave for overseas employment, creating staffing shortages that threaten their
Editorial Note: This article is adapted from The Conversation, where it was originally published. It highlights the existential threats that small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives, and the Marshall
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