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Rajan Menon

Rajan Menon is a political scientist. Currently, Dr. Menon is the Emeritus Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair in Political Science at the City College of New York.

    September 29, 2026
    Sri Lanka

    What Sri Lanka’s Easter Judgment Finally Reveals

    Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands

    Geopolitics/Human Rights/Judiciary

    Exclusive: Inside Sri Lanka’s Easter Plot — Read the Full TAB Judgment

    The 22 September 2026 Trial-at-Bar judgment provides a detailed account of the alleged network behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, tracing the prosecution’s case from ideological indoctrination and recruitment to weapons, explosives, logistical support and the coordinated suicide bombings

    September 29, 2026

    Bluffing Is Not Diplomacy

    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Sri Lanka has every right to speak forcefully on Palestine and international justice. But moral authority abroad cannot substitute for diplomatic precision at home.

    Sri Lanka and China Deepen Indian Ocean Policy Dialogue

    Events/Sri Lanka

    The Pathfinder Foundation and the China Center for South Asian Studies (CCSAS) at Sichuan University launched the Colombo Maritime Dialogue 2026 Report at a

    Is the Escalating War in Iran Putting the Dollar at Risk?

    April 8, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    This may be among the shortest of my posts, but it concerns an Iran-war-related development–one that’s ongoing–that hasn’t received the attention it deserves because the focus of most headlines has been on

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    Will the Strait of Hormuz Sink NATO?

    April 4, 2026
    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

    On Wednesday, after America’s NATO allies refused his call to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a furious Donald Trump said he might withdraw the United States from the alliance. No other American president has even

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    Big Power, Small Results: Trump & Netanyahu’s War

    April 1, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    Once I began writing critically about the war in Iran, I received some sensible, well-meant bits of advice. One was that I failed to understand that the overwhelming military advantage of Israel

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    Trump’s Misadventure: How U.S. Hubris Fuels Iran’s Rise

    March 26, 2026
    Columns/Geopolitics

    If you’ve realized that keeping up with the trajectory and ramifications of the war in Iran can become a full-time job, join the club. Each day, information descends like an avalanche. Writing

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    Iran’s Reserved Escalation Option

    March 24, 2026
    Columns/Diplomacy/Geopolitics

    We may be approaching the most important turning point in the war that began with the February 28 US-Israeli attack on Iran. Tehran, faced with relentless attacks, may adopt a new form

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    The War That Could Sink Trump

    March 18, 2026
    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

    The American-Israeli war has entered week three. The longer it lasts, the more its economic shocks will hurt Trump politically—especially if he keeps insisting that Americans must simply tough it out until

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