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Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: This report provides historical, political, and economic background on Sri Lanka and examines U.S.-Sri Lankan relations and policy concerns. Congressional interest in Sri Lanka has focused on renewed and serious violent ethnic conflict in a quarter-century-old civil war, an attendant humanitarian emergency, and efforts to revive a moribund peace process.
Date: July 4, 2009
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan & Vaughn, Bruce
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Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: Sri Lanka is a constitutional democracy with relatively high educational and social standards. Under Sri Lanka’s hybrid parliamentary model, an elected president appoints the cabinet in consultation with the prime minister. The country’s political, social, and economic development has been seriously constrained by ethnic conflict between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil ethnic groups.
Date: August 1, 2006
Creator: Kronstadt, K. Alan
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