Sri Lanka - terrorism threats get some academic facts

The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka have left the world in shock

How common is terrorism in Sri Lanka?

Global Terrorism Database

Maintained by The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) enables you to trace and compare past incidents by country, type of attack and perpetuator. It covers 1970-2017

SATP South Asian Terrorism Portal has assessments and reports covering the years since 2000. The front page has news of the current events.

UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program
provides summaries and data on armed conflict in Sri Lanka since the mid 1980s

What is the state of government in Sri Lanka?

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) has a different angle  offering free access to data, visualisations and analysis on political violence and protest events. It  includes data on violence during elections and against Muslims in Sri Lanka

the International State Crime Initiative. led by Queen Mary, University of London. has discussion of state crime and violations of human rights in Sri Lanka

Leading think tanks which regularly comment include.
Chatham House
Council on Foreign Policy
Brookings
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch

Where to find more free abstracts of journal articles

ETH Zurich - links to online papers and reports
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Free access to this subject index to English language journal articles and news since 1987