The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
In recent days, a Track-II academic dialogue meditated so-called Towards Unity and Trust has become the centre of a brouhaha with former U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad misunderstanding the scholarly exercise as a
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Theatrics in Sri Lankan politics has reached a crescendo with the arrest, remanding, and bail of Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, former President, Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, and Member of Parliament since
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The Chairman of the State Bank of India recently stated that the corporate sector in India now holds significant cash balances. He further noted that internal estimates of the State Bank of
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“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope” ~ Jeremiah 29:11
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Editor’s note: The following excerpts are taken from a longer article originally published on the author’s official LinkedIn page. Since 7 October 2023, a brutal war between Israel and Hamas, initiated by
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Trump’s bid to derail BRICS through tariffs is backfiring badly. Instead of pressuring India, China, and Brazil to distance themselves from Russia and crawl back to Washington to “kiss Trump’s ass,” his
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Editor’s Note: This article, by nature of the topic, may include language that is considered sensitive and/or vulgar to some readers. Night after night, the buses pull up on the tarmac outside
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Across the globe, discussions of population growth and decline are evolving quickly. East Asian and European countries are struggling with declining birth rates, while others, mostly in Africa and South Asia, still
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UNP Chairman Vajira Abeywardena made a statement claiming that three presidents of other countries had enquired about the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Pro-Ranil media outlets and Ranil’s social media channels
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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, arrested and remanded on Friday (22) for alleged misuse of state funds during a visit to London, while in office, was granted bail yesterday. Large crowds flocked to
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In the early 1980s, former US President Jimmy Carter visited Stockholm. At a reception he approached Stig Ramel, the long-serving executive director of the Nobel Foundation, and asked with some bitterness why
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Editor’s Note: The following insight was originally published in the Beijing-based monthly, Beijing Review. Can the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) emerge as a pivotal forum to mitigate the escalating fracturing of Eurasian
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Minister Bimal Rathnayake has said Ranil Wickremesinghe should have been arrested about four decades ago over the Batalanda torture chamber, the 1983 racial violence, etc. The former has also flayed the latter
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Europe calls itself the cradle of democracy and freedom. And yet it is also the continent that still preserves monarchies as if they were part of the natural landscape, unquestioned relics of
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