Cumulative Crises

– Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Russo-Ukrainian War

Abstract

Since the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have faced a series of deep crises. The economic problems and domestic political tensions of the two countries, which have been accumulating for years, were aggravated by the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022. These negative effects forced fundamental changes in the affected South Asian countries by the spring of 2022. In Pakistan, the government fell due to economic difficulties, and in Sri Lanka there was an even more serious collapse resulting in a social crisis. This paper presents the most important components of the crises of the two countries, with special emphasis on those caused by the Russo-Ukrainian war.