In lecturing about the state of liberal democracy over the past couple of years, I have been frequently asked whether the authoritarian tide taking place around the world can be stopped, and
On behalf of the Pathfinder Foundation, its Chairman Bernard Goonetilleke recently handed over what the think-tank called policy documents titled (i) ‘Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka: Policy Challenges for the New Government,’
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by A Concered Citizen As Sri Lanka prepares for another crucial Presidential poll, the political scene is again set to change in an imbroglio. However, only the incumbent president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has
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The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with the US President Joe Biden in the White House on Friday with the question of the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine to hit
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Republicans in the US Senate have been urging the White House to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles that can strike deep into Russia. Such is the madness of pro-war sentiment. America’s lackluster
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“Government is a relation of give and take, a contract…rulers were accorded power and the people consented to that power on consideration that they be accorded certain rights”. ~ Presidential nominee Franklin
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News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from a military perspective. Generally speaking, Brazil holds no great interest for China other than run-of-the-mill resource acquisition and U.S. irritation. So the
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Prabhakaran decided on an election boycott in the 2005 presidential election to defeat Ranil, knowing that Ranil was responsible for breaking Karuna Amman, who was a significant ally for Prabhakaran. The biggest
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Time passes. An entire generation has grown up since that day when a few Saudi Arabians armed only with box cutters caused airport safety to fail four times on the same morning,
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You must drive up a hill to get to Birzeit University, which is just outside Ramallah (West Bank, Occupied Palestine Territory or OPT). It is a beautiful campus, established in 1924 as
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The sharp escalation by the Kuki militants in Manipur has shaken up the Indian establishment but the ensuing jingoistic outcry in sections of the media demands a muscular approach to addressing the problem of
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All mega-development projects constructed by the Sheikh Hasina government were heavily damaged by some planted hooligans disguised as anti-discrimination activists during July-August 2024. More specifically, it was a well-prepared, well-planned, and meticulously
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As the Gaza war enters its 12th month with no end in sight, the ongoing horrors continue to be normalized in U.S. media and politics. The process has become so routine that
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In the electoral history of Sri Lanka, there is a single signal or sign that shows where the international community stands. That signal is the minority parties. Among the minority parties, the
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Editorial Note: This article, originally published in the Financial Times, features insights from Bill Burns, Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, and Richard Moore, Chief of the UK Secret Intelligence Service.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has outwitted the West by his response to Ukraine’s Kursk offensive one month ago, which was widely celebrated as a tipping point in the conflict. The conflict is
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