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Sri Lanka Parliament building at dusk reflected in the waters of Diyawanna Oya under a dramatic evening sky.

institutional memory

The Memory of a State: What Sri Lanka Keeps Forgetting

Sri Lanka’s deepest crisis is not economic, political, or even security-driven — it is structural forgetting. From insurrections and war to tsunami, terror, and collapse, this essay examines why institutions fail to retain memory, protect competence, and reform by design.

Independence Memorial Hall at dusk in Colombo with the Lotus Tower and modern high-rise buildings in the background.

The Silence Between Signals: A Counterintelligence Reading of Sri Lanka’s Easter Attacks

A counterintelligence reading of Sri Lanka’s Easter attacks that moves beyond failure and conspiracy to examine how signals moved, where authority collapsed, and how state architecture itself became the silent vulnerability.