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Sri Lanka: Militarization And Politicization

Categories: South Asia, Sri Lanka, Governance, Politics, War & Conflict

In Sri Lanka, the former army chief is poised to wage an electoral battle against his former commander in chief, the incumbent president. D.B.S. Jeyaraj comments [1] that: “the current situation is (also) the culmination of a long process of militarization of Sri Lankan society and a gradual politicization of the military.”