Will Sri Lanka Turn Pro-China With Marxist-Leaning Dissanayake’s Election?
Sri Lanka has voted in an outsider and a former insurgent as its new president in the first election since the country’s 2022 economic collapse. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of left-leaning JVP party is not from either of Bangladesh’s powerful dynasties, but is said to represent change and fresh hope. Can Dissanayake rescue his country from depleted foreign exchange reserves and a stubbornly high cost of living? And how will he balance ties with regional powers India and China? Our guests: Wen-Ti Sung - Atlantic Council China Hub Non-Resident Fellow Ronan Fu - Academia Sinica Institute of Political Science Assistant Research Fellow
