Srilanka, Feb. 2 -- The recent reports that Sri Lanka has decided to revoke a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with India's Adani Group has prompted considerable debate, highlighting the challenges that the nation's leaders face in attempting to balance economic imperatives, relations with regional powers, and domestic accountability.

The debate around the Adani projects in Sri Lanka was prompted by the bribery charges that were handed down by US prosecutors against eight Adani executives in November.

While the Government insists that the US$ 442 million wind power projects in Mannar and Pooneryn are merely under review - not cancelled - the controversy highlights the risks of aligning too closely with a conglomerate embroiled in ...