The Ukraine government, headed by Volodymyr Zelensky, has been using American taxpayers’ funds to pay dearly for the vitally needed diesel fuel that is keeping the Ukrainian army on the move in
Sri Lanka political theatre, gingered up after the dramatic exit of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the wake of the Aragalaya agitation of the masses last year, added a few more episodes during
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China’s Indian Ocean priorities The month had been a busy one for President Ranil Wickremesinghe. He probably clocked more air mileage during October than any other president did before him. He travelled
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The September Perspectives presents a cross section of major events. Sri Lanka’s continues to be hauled before the UNHRC session for accountability of its poor human record has become a standard feature
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is caught between a rock and a hard place, both externally and internally. Externally, the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is getting turbulent with the big power confrontation between the
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s July 20-21 visit to New Delhi ended with India and Sri Lanka jointly evolving an economic partnership vision to speed up Sri Lanka’s economic recovery. The Indian Ministry of
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President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s efforts to re-structure both domestic and external debt to meet International Monetary Fund debt ceilings on debt sustainability made some progress by the end of the month. In the
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Revisiting Sri Lanka Perspectives after a two-month break, we find the month of May occupies a special place in Sri Lanka’s history with a seamless continuity of events in yesteryears. The effects
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February ended as a month of discontent for the public after the government raised power tariffs for a second time on February 15. It was said to be the last of 15
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Sri Lanka will be celebrating its 75th Independence Day on February 4, 2023. As a republic the country has come a long way from the dominion it was at the time of
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After a tumultuous 2022, what lies ahead for Sri Lanka in 2023, Col R Hariharan postulates possible priorities for the President, outcomes and challenges for the Island Nation which seems to have
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