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The Political Cycle: Sri Lanka's Realignment

Has AKD changed the political power balance of South Asia?

This week we're turning our attention (with Tom off to Liverpool for the Labour party's first conference in power) to Sri Lanka. Raisa Wickrematunge, deputy editor of Himal Southasian magazine, joins Rohan and Emily to discuss this month's election and how Anura Kumara Dissanayake (aka AKD) has re-aligned Sir Lanka's political compass. What has happened…

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The Political Cycle
The Political Cycle is a weekly show that looks at the similarities and differences in global politics. Join Emily Tamkin, Rohan Venkat and Tom Hamilton as they explore three very different, but interlocking, political systems—and the wider world.