The Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution, the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and the International Conflict Resolution Specialization present:
Crisis in Sri Lanka: Obstacles, Opportunities, and the Role of US Policy
Sri Lanka, the island-nation often referred to as the ‘Permanent Aircraft Carrier in the Indian Ocean’, is currently reeling under an unprecedented economic crisis, caused by a perfect storm of long-term sovereign debt, the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation in advanced economies, a strong dollar, high commodity prices, the war in Ukraine, and internal political dynamics. This panel will offer a comprehensive, multi-sectoral look at the current crisis in Sri Lanka and will discuss a nuanced approach to US policy towards the strategically significant nation and the broader Indian Ocean region.
Register for the Zoom Webinar: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oidiwcYKQXSEndOqfo77Wg
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Introduced by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Director, Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution; Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs; Director of International Conflict Resolution Specialization
Moderated by Page Fortna, Harold Brown Professor of U.S. Foreign and Security Policy, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
With Experts:
- Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson, Group Chief Executive Officer, Hemas Holdings PLC
- Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Founding Executive Director of the Sri Lanka Centre for Policy Alternatives; Board Member, Sri Lanka Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International and Strategic Studies
- Shanta Devarajan, Professor of the Practice of Development, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Former Acting Chief Economist of the World Bank Group
- Sonali Deraniyagala, Lecturer in Economics, South Asia Institute, SOAS University of London; Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA
