Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
This article was originally published in the Daily Mirror, a Colombo-based daily newspaper. We are republishing it, as it offers crucial insight into the events that led to—and followed—the Easter Sunday attacks
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I normally avoid personalizing geopolitical events, since I regard nations, not leaders, to be the agents of history. But there are moments when the focus must be on leaders, especially in the
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Vladimir Zelensky has thrown a wrench into the Trump administration’s effort to gear up peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. Just after Putin, in a major departure from Russia’s policy, announced he
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by Durga Velayutham In post-war Sri Lanka, few periods have been as morally disorienting and civically corrosive as the one we currently inhabit. A festering malaise has taken root, not merely within
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A friend from another country recently posted on social media, ‘I visited the exhibition The Road to Rejuvenation at the National Museum of China. It tells the harrowing story of the “Century of Humiliation”. Now I
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Whenever the issue of Baloch self-determination is raised, the same dismissive responses follow: “When were the Baloch not consulted? When were they denied agency?” Officially, Baloch citizens do vote, and Baloch politicians
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The upcoming Federal Election in Australia, scheduled to be held on May 3, 2025, is not focusing on several crucial issues: full employment, capital punishment for crimes such as murder, rape, and
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President Trump’s global tariff policy announced in early April has had a much broader and deeper impact than originally estimated by many. Despite this shock causing a widespread decline in global stock
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On April 15, 2025, two wanted cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), carrying a collective bounty of INR 1.3 million, were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in
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On April 17, 2025, the dead body of ‘forcibly disappeared’ Baloch youth, Sher Khan Nazar, a resident of Pasni, was recovered in the Turbat District of Balochistan. The victim had been forcibly
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