There are moments in the long march of international affairs when a summit, otherwise destined for the archives of routine diplomacy, acquires the resonance of a turning point. The BRICS Summit convened
The mystery about the hastily-arranged ‘working meeting’ between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday has only deepened after the event. This was their
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Mrs Bandaranaike intended for her son, Anura Bandaranaike, to succeed her as leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). However, SLFP members opposed this due to Anura’s anti-leftist stance. Between 1970
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When India first outlined the nuclear doctrine in a press release of the Cabinet Committee on Security of meeting chaired by the then Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on January 04,
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What we face today on the global left is a fundamental issue, not just with ideology, but with clarity of purpose. There’s a fixation on the destruction of Israel, a vision rooted
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Sri Lanka, strategically situated in the Indian Ocean, is deeply intertwined with maritime activities. Its location along major shipping routes has made it a critical node for global trade. However, as a
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In the world of diplomacy, optics do matter, and therefore, the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s caustic remarks about what he hopes to achieve — or fails to achieve — in his
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Lex esto, the pillars stand, Old stones on broken land. Yet where the cracks of time appear, Tikkun Olam whispers near. Now that there are palpable signs of proactive and progressive initial
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When the national list for the 2020 general election was being prepared, and when a candidate was nominated for the national list MP position, the JVP selected Harini Amarasuriya from among the
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With two major wars Ukraine and Israel-Iran-Lebanon-Gaza ongoing in the world – an exceptional occurrence since the Second World War when multiple theatres from Europe to North Africa, Middle East, Pacific and
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Israel has apparently shelved its planned attack on Iran. A combination of circumstances can be attributed to this retreat, which rubbishes Israel’s own high-pitched rhetoric that it was raring to go. Despite Israel’s brilliant
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Last week, I wrote an article on the two wars raging in Eurasia. It was “idiosyncratic” in that, unlike other columns circling the mediasphere, it focused on how ground combat in the Middle
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Religious scriptures and deep thinkers have long emphasised the importance of practising silence, as it leads to an internal exercise that enhances the mindset and fosters the realisation of Truth (God consciousness).
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Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.” — J.E.B. Spredemann, “An Unforgivable Secret” The Attacks on 7th October 2023 The attack
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Sri Lanka has a new President, and a fresh general election will be held on the 14th November to elect members to its parliament and for a new government to be formed
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“Ranasinghe Premadasa, a poor boy, rose to the pinnacle of politics dominated by the aristocracy through the urban labour movement and became the President. He was born in a slum area in
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