Sri Lanka's 'balancing act' on reform faces new risks
Sirisena enters his second year in power amid falling popular confidence and rising political competition
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- Competing with UNP
- Controlling the SLFP
- Sirisena's contradictory compulsions
- Governance reforms
- Economic prudence vs populism
- Annual budget
- Foreign policy: China and the rest
- Ethnic reconciliation
- War crimes and the UN
- Fonseka's appointment
- Political outlook
- Local polls
- Partnering options
- Post-coalition pact
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_350.jpg "President Sirisena at the U.N. Headquarters in New York (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)")