DW News | Sri Lanka's path forward and Asia's response | DW News Desk @dwnews | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Sri Lanka has a new president after voters rejected the old guard blamed for plunging the country into crisis. The new leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake is promising change, a 'fresh start' for the island's 'corrupt'political culture. But can a self-avowed Marxist put Sri Lanka on a path to recovery, while withstanding the pressure from international lenders?

This week's panel:
Host 1: Melissa Chan
Host 2: Alex Forrest Whiting
Reporter: Jared Reed
Audience: Cherie Chan

Guests:
Akanksha Saxena
DW Reporter
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Michael Kugelman,
South Asia Institute Director, Wilson Center
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Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Sri Lanka's presidential election
9:20 Sri Lanka's political crisis in 2022
11:13 Sri Lanka's economic struggles
14:50 Praise for peaceful elections
14:20 Is AKD a Marxist? Part 1
19:10 Tackling corruption in Sri Lanka
23:35 Sri Lanka's new prime minister
24:55 AKD and Sri Lanka's political culture
27:35 People power in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
30:25 What austerity means for ordinary people
36:20 China's role in Sri Lanka's debt crisis
41:25 Is AKD a Marxist? Part 2
43:15 Sri Lanka's relations with India
46:20 Chat check
48:05 New president's policies for India and China
50:45 Managing relations with regional powers
53:20 Future prospects for Sri Lanka
57:15 Poll result and wrap

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