Priyantha Perera

Admiral Priyantha Perera (Retd) RSP**, USP, ndu, psc is a distinguished naval leader, maritime strategist, and defence academic who served as the 25th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, completing nearly four decades of service. A three-time recipient of the Rana Soora Medal for gallantry, he commanded all major naval vessels and elite units of the Navy and played a key role in shaping doctrine, including Naval Strategy 2030. As Navy Commander, he strengthened international partnerships, led the Navy’s entry into the Combined Maritime Forces, and advanced digital transformation while being highly effective in counter-narcotics operations. A scholar with three Master’s degrees, he also champions nautical tourism and youth empowerment and holds the record for Sri Lanka’s first-ever sea-kayak circumnavigation.

November 9, 2026

Diplomacy/Editorials

Maldives Abuse Scandal and a Former UN President

Editorial The arrest of Abdulla Shahid, former Foreign Minister of the Maldives and President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, over allegations of sexually abusing a minor is

Columns/Geopolitics

The Midterms Just Made the World More Dangerous

After being massively repudiated in Tuesday’s midterm election, Donald Trump has become a lame-duck president with significantly curtailed authority. What is likely to happen in the remaining two years until a new chief executive is sworn in on January 20,

November 9, 2026

Sri Lanka Navy Secures Top Ranking at National Productivity Awards

News/Sri Lanka

The Sri Lanka Navy has secured first place in the Public Sector Inter-Departmental Category at the National Productivity Awards 2025/26, emerging as one of

Blue Moon Over Trump’s La La Land

Columns/Geopolitics

That was exquisite, but not surprising. The result was a manifestation of frustration and anger towards Trump, and it cannot be mistaken for a

A Postscript to a Much-Forgotten Easter Sunday: The Japanese Raid on Ceylon

April 9, 2026

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

Easter Sunday recalls an adversity that only a few still living can remember, when the Second World War came to the doorstep of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka. Eighty-four years have passed since

Exclusive Viewpoint: Neutrality Tested —Lessons from Graf Spee & IRIS Dena

March 15, 2026

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

The story of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 1939 remains one of the most cited lessons in the law of neutrality. During her commerce-raiding mission in the South Atlantic