Book Explores Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka - Georgetown College

In her latest book, “The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka: Terrorism, Ethnicity, Political Economy” (Routledge 2009), Georgetown University government professor Asoka Bandarage provides a detailed and historical analysis of the evolution of Sri Lanka’s civil conflict over efforts to establish separate states in its northern and eastern provinces.

The conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is one of the world’s longest-running contemporary armed struggles according to Bandarage, who teaches in the conflict resolution program at Georgetown. Known to have introduced suicide bombing to the world, the internationally banned LTTE is considered the prototype of modern terrorism and recently became the first terrorist organization ever to acquire air power.