ARAB SPRING - SRI LANKA & SOUTH ASIA

 

Many countries take an interest in Sri Lanka, and its ports - USA, China, Russia ...

South Asia's Arab Spring  - 6 Apr 2022 

'Shifts in power and wealth eastwards to Asia and the Indian Ocean region?

'Delhi’s historic and close ties with Moscow?

'Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan pointed a finger at the US as the foreign power behind events in Islamabad and a regime change operation through the buying of politicians and political parties?

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'Khan saved Pakistan’s economy from the economic destruction that ... Covid-19 lockdowns caused in Sri Lanka and India.

'Khan’s friendship with China and recent visit to Moscow irked Washington.

'There may be a new Asian confluence, with China, India, and Pakistan all refusing to follow NATO condemnation of Moscow...

South Asia's Arab Spring 

'Sri Lanka has seen an Arab Spring-style “colour revolution” unfold ... given the soaring cost of living, fuel, and food shortages due to a much-hyped US dollar shortage in the country and downgrades by rating agencies. Of course, Sri Lanka’s debt is peanuts compared to America’s whopping $ 20 trillion.

A few weeks earlier, the Sri Lankan rupee crashed and lost 70% of its value...

'Since the Easter Sunday attacks on tourist hotels and churches in 2019 .... a form of hybrid economic warfare. 

'Basil Rajapaksa, the brother of the President and the Prime Minister and former Finance Minister in Sri Lanka is a US citizen.'

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