Infrastructure that carries a nation’s data, finance and emergency communications is strategic infrastructure. We would not hand over a port, a power grid or a strategic petroleum reserve on the strength of
Sri Lanka shouldn’t have been overly surprised by Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s declaration that Congress callously gave away the Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka. Obviously, Premier Modi, eyeing a third term at
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Israel’s Damascus strike on April 1 will go down in the corpus of literature on war and diplomacy as an act of high-intensity deception. Iran wouldn’t have expected a cowardly attack using
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“China’s increasing military presence and expanding influence in the Indian Ocean have understandably caused concern in countries like India, Australia, and the United States. The establishment of China’s military base in East
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There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due
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Sabah, Libya, is an oasis town at the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. To stand at the edge of the town and look southward into the desert toward Niger is forbidding.
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For over six months, the innocent people of Gaza have been enduring the savage attacks of Israel. During this period, due to the ruthless and aggressive attacks by this regime, over 32,000
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Many discerning observers around the world, who take a close look at China’s claim on the territory of other countries, inevitably would conclude that China’s territorial greed today is similar to that
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By November 2023, it was already clear that the Israeli government had begun to deny Palestinians in Gaza access to water. ‘Every hour that passes with Israel preventing the provision of safe
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The renowned writer Arthur Koestler warned many years ago that Israel risked becoming `a nasty little Sparta.’ Half a century later Israel, grown rich on US military and financial aid, has become
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I’ll say it again and again: The 2024 presidential election will be a very close race. Head-to-head national polling averages currently have President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump – the two major parties’ presumptive nominees –
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Katchatheevu, a 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka, and about 33 km from the Indian coast, has suddenly become a matter of acrimonious debate in India
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Faced with a continued cash flow crisis, the United Nations in Geneva (UNOG) will partially close down – for the second time since December last year— as it scales back its operations,
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In Sri Lanka, we are an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, which is vital for fishing (food), trade (shipping), tourism (recreation and pleasure), and our overall well-being (health). Clean water is
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What will come first, the presidential or the parliamentary election? That is the multi-million dollar question. But Basil Rajapaksa, American citizen recently back from his second home in the U.S. where his
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Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey of the Opposition Labour Party has today pointed out: “Since the last election we’ve had five Chancellors, four Foreign Secretaries, three Prime Ministers, two Defence Secretaries, but
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