India’s growing influence within BRICS and the Global South gives it an opportunity to challenge the dominance of the Western-led international order. With the BRICS presidency, New Delhi can push for greater
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (popularly known as AKD) led National Peoples Power (NPP)’s landslide victory in the general election in November 2024 two-thirds majority – in parliament, sends many signals. The NPP
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A ‘color revolution’, as we define it, is a mass uprising fueled by the rejection of official election results, backed by political, diplomatic, and financial support from external forces. This idea first
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As reported on November 25, 2024, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) threatened to begin attacking Chinese Belt and Road development projects unless the government paid them a 5 per cent tax on the construction. In a
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A ceasefire that is sustained by a meaningful peace process… is the only way to break the cycle of violence, of hatred, of misery,” ~ UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi. The Ceasefire
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In the past four months, following the ousting of the Sheikh Hasina government in August and the rise of a new regime in Bangladesh, attacks on Hindus have seemingly become commonplace. Hardly
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In early November this year, following the appointment of a new president, many headlines were grabbed by news of the recall to Colombo of 16 heads of Sri Lankan missions overseas including
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Pakistan is the world’s most important Muslim nation. It has 251 million people, nuclear weapons, the world’s sixth largest armed forces, intelligent, capable people, vast lands and major sources of water. Yet
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The United States has long relied on covert operations to infiltrate and undermine China. Yet on October 2, 2024, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) posted a video in Mandarin titled “Securely
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The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), established in 2018, has been a highly controversial political entity in Pakistan, positioning itself as an advocate for the rights of the Pashtun community. However, a closer
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The American film maker and philanthropist who created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, George Lucas, once said, “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger
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Finally, before history ends, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The indictment
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SLPP National List MP Namal Rajapaksa, on Nov. 20, expressed serious concerns over the planned vacation of an Army camp in the Jaffna peninsula. War-winning President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s eldest son and former
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Where does the power of words come from? Citizens of purportedly civilised nations have fallen under the sway of the rhetoric of demagogues. Soldiers have killed and been killed following the orders
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During Donald Trump’s recent successful presidential election campaign, he repeatedly stressed two main points: the “America First” policy and his desire to stop wars between countries. Obviously, his “America First” policy means
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Bangladesh was liberated from the roughshod seizes of Pakistani military regime in 1971 because of supreme sacrifices of three million of our people and losing chastity belts by three hundred thousand of
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