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
Bankrupt Sri Lanka, struggling to cope up with the deepening economic-political-social crisis, agreed, in late July 2024, to implement an IMF-led economic recovery programme, backed by Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Having self-declared
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by Luxman Aravind A cohort of sycophantic apparatchiks, long relegated to the role of spineless yes-men under previous regimes, has recently resurfaced, styling themselves the “Winning South” or Dinana Dakuna. This appellation—already a semantic misstep given
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Myanmar continues to bleed under the yoke of militarised oppression, yet refuses to surrender its voice or vision. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Twenty-five years ago, jubilation rippled through the hills of southern Lebanon as Israeli tanks vanished across the Blue Line, pursued not by bullets but by chants of
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“What sheer unfeeling idiocy”. ~ Rolf Hochhuth (The Deputy) May 2024 marked the 15th anniversary of the ending of the long Eelam War. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana presided over the annual ‘war-heroes’
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by Durga Velayudham The recent arrival of Binaifer Nowrojee, President of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), in Sri Lanka signals more than just philanthropic outreach; it heralds the beginning of what many
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The recent conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has clarified the emerging diplomatic structure around Ukraine. What we are witnessing resembles the first reading of a play –
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The promotion of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah yesterday, 20 May 2025—the first such elevation since Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1959—revives a fraught chapter in
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Although it is not totally uncommon to other developing countries, Sri Lanka is extremely indulged in political and power struggles between political parties and political leaders. This is also not uncommon to
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This is the voice of a leader we dreamt of—but never had, and perhaps, never will. A leader untainted by lineage, free from the intoxication of power, unshackled by party colours or
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by Durga Velayudham In the mythos of Tamil nationalism, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have long occupied a revered, if contested, space. To many in the diaspora, especially in the
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by Luxman Aravind When history is written by victors and erased by allies, truth becomes the first casualty. Nowhere is this more evident than in the brutal, unspoken legacy of India’s involvement
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by Our Defence Affairs Editor The leaked Defence MoU between Sri Lanka and India, emerging during Narendra Modi’s recent official visit, is frightening — a glaring manifestation to the perilous immaturity of
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by Our Correspondent in London There are moments in history when the shadows cast by a single individual can stretch far beyond their own lifetime, poisoning the legacy of an entire institution.
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by Our Correspondent in London Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, to a family of mixed European and Latin American heritage.
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