Nimendra Mawalagedara

Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

Silence, support, and the cost of speaking up | Daily FT The discussions following the sudden death of chess grandmaster and international chess commentator Daniel Naroditsky have initiated a dialogue on online conduct, cyberbullying, responsibility, and th...

When silence feels safer than speaking up, the problem is not individual weakness but the environment that we have created. In our Daily FT op-ed on Daniel Naroditsky, we ask why standing up to bullying is so costly and what it will take to change that. www.ft.lk/columns/Sile...

This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...

Ranil Wickremesinghe’s arrest has revived questions about presidential immunity. In my Daily FT op-ed, I compare the U.S. & Sri Lanka to examine how democracies distinguish between a president’s official acts & private conduct in order to safeguard executive accountability.
www.ft.lk/opinion/Pres...

Former President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested over alleged misuse of state funds—linked to attending a U of Wolverhampton ceremony where his wife received an honorary professorship while returning from the G77 summit. This marks the first arrest of a head of state since 1815.

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සෙංකඩගල මහා නුවර රජපිහිල්ල මාවතේ සිට පෙනෙන අයුරු. கண்டியில் ராஜபிஹில்லா மாவத்தையிலிருந்து பார்க்கும் சங்கடகல. Senkadagala (Kandy | Maha Nuwara) as seen from Rajapihilla Mawatha, Kandy.

This is Senkadagala.

For over 300 years it stood as the capital of the Kandyan Kingdom.

The Kingdom defeated Portuguese, Dutch, and British forces and remained sovereign until 1815.

The native research efforts to reclaim its history from Eurocentric distortions continue.

#History #SriLanka

Factum Perspective: Facing the Far Right – Rethinking Sri Lanka’s Foreign Policy By Nimendra Mawalagedara The recently imposed US tariffs on Sri Lanka are not merely an economic challenge - they are a signal of a transformation in the contemporary global political landscape. ...

The U.S. tariffs on Sri Lanka aren't just economic - they're symbolic and political. My piece in Factum explores the far-right politics behind them, and how Sri Lanka can recalibrate its foreign policy in response.

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