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Sri Lanka in 2012: Securing the State, Enforcing the ‘Peace' (2013)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J. (2013). Sri Lanka in 2012: Securing the State, Enforcing the ‘Peace'. Asian Survey, 53(1), 64-72. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2013.53.1.64

Since the end of the civil war in May 2009, Sri Lanka’s government has continued to consolidate the unitary state and centralize power by combining political reform, patronage, and economic development. However, two forces countering such unity and c... Read More about Sri Lanka in 2012: Securing the State, Enforcing the ‘Peace'.

Sri Lanka in 2011: Consolidation and Militarization of the Post War Regime (2012)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J. (2012). Sri Lanka in 2011: Consolidation and Militarization of the Post War Regime. Asian Survey, 52(1), 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2012.52.1.130

Local elections consolidated the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration's grip on power. State-led efforts to stimulate economic growth continued with major infrastructure projects in the northeastern and southern parts of Sri Lanka. No significant progres... Read More about Sri Lanka in 2011: Consolidation and Militarization of the Post War Regime.

Stabilizing a Victor’s Peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in eastern Sri Lanka (2010)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J. (2010). Stabilizing a Victor’s Peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in eastern Sri Lanka. Disasters, 34(3), 342-367. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01212.x

This paper focuses on the ‘Sri Lankan model’ of counter-insurgency and stabilisation and its implications for humanitarian and development actors. The Sri Lanka case shows that discourses, policies and practices associated with ‘stabilisation’ are no... Read More about Stabilizing a Victor’s Peace? Humanitarian action and reconstruction in eastern Sri Lanka.

The Limits of Liberal Peacebuilding: International Engagement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process (2009)
Journal Article
Goodhand, J., & Walton, O. (2009). The Limits of Liberal Peacebuilding: International Engagement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 3(3), 303-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502970903086693

This essay explores international engagement in the Sri Lankan peace process between 2002 and 2008. The internationalization of peacebuilding in Sri Lanka is analysed as part of a broader international shift towards a model of ‘liberal peacebuilding’... Read More about The Limits of Liberal Peacebuilding: International Engagement in the Sri Lankan Peace Process.