Generative artificial intelligence has become a practical tool in terrorist and violent extremist activities, supporting attack planning, weapons acquisition, target selection and the preparation of ideological material, according to a new analysis
by Durga Velayudham “We stand for organised terror—this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution.” Lenin’s words, coldly rational yet disturbingly candid, encapsulate a recurring paradox
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by Luxman Aravind If the law is applied equally, without deferential quiescence, can the Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order continue to function even after being apprehended for drunk driving
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By the early 1980s, South Africa’s system of racial apartheid had evolved from an issue of limited concern to becoming a major issue globally. Years of campaigning by anti-apartheid activists, the Congressional
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by Durga Velayudham When truth falls first to the machinery of war, perhaps beauty must rise first as a whisper of reconciliation. Where borders are etched in memory and mistrust, the Miss
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by A Warrior The pain I am enduring is neither poetic nor performative; it is a raw, unrelenting testament to service rendered and now forgotten. We fight a war—not for accolades,
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by Eric The appointment of a new Inspector General of Police (IGP) has arrived in Sri Lanka with the kind of fanfare reserved for political theatre rather than institutional renewal. His recent
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As President Vladimir Putin meets U.S. President Donald Trump in Anchorage for a high-stakes summit, the composition of the Russian delegation is attracting nearly as much attention as the talks themselves. According
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Major US technology companies are dramatically increasing spending on personal security for their chief executives, amid a surge in threats, public hostility, and incidents of violence targeting high-profile business leaders. According to
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Sri Lanka is grappling with a litany of serious human rights issues, according to the United States Department of State’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The recent moves by certain Western countries to recognise the Palestinian state have drawn sharp criticism from Israeli diplomats, who describe such actions as a setback for
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In July, a few days after the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, I had lunch with his daughter, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France. When I commented that Fanon had died so young, at thirty-nine,
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In a matter of days, a summit of seismic import will convene — one poised to reverberate through the brittle scaffolding of an exhausted geopolitical order. Presidents
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The American Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck handed down to the aspirant-Nobel American president Donald Trump a golden maxim but he seems oblivious of it — although his life is made of
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is facing mounting criticism after refusing to release key internal documents related to a March 2025 meeting between EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and high-profile fossil
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Editorial El Salvador’s legislative assembly yesterday voted to abolish presidential term limits, a decision that may appear procedural at first glance but is, in reality, a seismic shift that threatens to extinguish
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