Dr. Asoka Bandarage is a scholar and practitioner with extensive experience in social philosophy, environmental sustainability, political economy, and South Asian studies. She has taught at Yale, Brandeis, Mount Holyoke, Georgetown, and other institutions, integrating multidisciplinary perspectives into her research, teaching, and activism. Holding a Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale, she continues to engage in publishing, consulting, and conducting workshops on key global issues.
The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
In an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Paddy O’Connell, Slavoj Žižek discusses his new book, Signs from the Future, examining Donald Trump’s political legacy, the decline of the liberal international order and the left’s failure to offer a convincing alternative. He
Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry has decided to close 34 state institutions, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said, as the government considers restructuring public sector
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged his imprisoned son, parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, to place his trust exclusively in the judiciary and refrain
Following independence from Britain, both India and Sri Lanka emerged as leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement, which sought to advance developing nations’ interests during the Cold War. Indeed, the term “non-alignment” was
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