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DESCRIPTION:Neil DeVotta Associate Professor\, Department of Political Scie
 nce\, Wake Forest University Sri Lanka’s Soft-Authoritarian Dispensation W
 hen Sri Lanka’s nearly three decades long civil war ended in May 2009\, ma
 ny believed that the country was finally bound to reap a peace dividend th
 at would be rooted in greater ethnic toleration and better governance. Wha
 t has transpired instead is a soft-authoritarian dispensation that is part
 ly geared toward ensuring a political dynasty. While a number of reasons h
 ave contributed toward this outcome\, the current political trajectory bod
 es further ill for the country’s Tamil and Muslim minorities and democrati
 c politics. It also stands to impact the country’s foreign policy in ways 
 that could unsettle regional relations. 
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SUMMARY:South Asia Center presents: Neil DeVotta
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Neil DeVotta Associate Professor\, Department 
 of Political Science\, Wake Forest University Sri Lanka’s Soft-Authoritari
 an Dispensation When Sri Lanka’s nearly three decades long civil war ended
  in May 2009\, many believed that the country was finally bound to reap a 
 peace dividend that would be rooted in greater ethnic toleration and bette
 r governance. What has transpired instead is a soft-authoritarian dispensa
 tion that is partly geared toward ensuring a political dynasty. While a nu
 mber of reasons have contributed toward this outcome\, the current politic
 al trajectory bodes further ill for the country’s Tamil and Muslim minorit
 ies and democratic politics. It also stands to impact the country’s foreig
 n policy in ways that could unsettle regional relations. <br>
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