The Conflict, Security and Development Group

Sunil Bastian is a political economist. His current research interests are politics of state formation in a globalised world and of foreign aid. He has published widely, and is the editor of Devolution and Development in Sri Lanka (1994). He has co-edited with Nicola Bastian, Assessing Participation, A debate from South Asia (1996), and with Robin Luckham, Can Democracy be Designed? The Politics of Institutional Choice in Conflict-torn Societies (2003) published by Zed Press, London. His most recent publication is Politics of Foreign Aid in Sri Lanka, Promoting Markets and Supporting Peace (2007).  

He was attached to the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka for many years as a Senior Research Fellow. Currently he works as an independent scholar. 

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