Navi Pillay’s 2026 Nobel Peace Prize celebrates a lifetime of challenging impunity and defending human dignity. Yet her legacy also raises difficult questions about accountability, political power and the credibility of international
Dynastic politics is inherent to our South Asian genes, be it in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka. We have the occasional accidental leaders, but at the core, the persistent stranglehold of
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In the first 11 months of 2025, China’s trade surplus surpassed one trillion dollars, setting a new record in global trade history. This has baffled Western media: after years of trade wars, waves
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“The Colombo Municipal Council is ours. The green flag has always flown over the Colombo Municipal Council. Can we turn a blind eye to this by handing it over to the leftists…?”
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Editor’s Note: This essay is based on a podcast discussion featuring former CIA analyst Sarah Adams and an agency operative, who examine the circumstances surrounding the December 24 jet crash in Turkey
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Editorial Today is Christmas Day! The day we say the Holy Father’s Son was born in Bethlehem. Bethlehem, we are told, is once again lighting lamps after years of darkness, even as
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The failure on the part of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) government to fulfil a plethora of promises given in the run up to the last presidential election,
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Editorial Sri Lanka is drifting into a perilous moral dusk, one not announced by tanks on the streets or decrees at dawn, but by something far more insidious: the systematic corrosion of
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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” ~ George Orwell (1984) Some fates are written in broken promises. The UNP’s 1977 election manifesto acknowledged the
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. — attributed to Niels Bohr It has been my custom, bordering on a private ritual, to begin each calendar year with The World Ahead of The Economist and
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an open letter addressed to the President of Sri Lanka by a concerned citizen. A copy of the same letter was received by the
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The iconic figure in contemporary American journalism Tucker Carlson said earlier today in the famous podcast Judging Freedom hosted by Judge Andrew Napolitano that US President Donald Trump will declare war on Venezuela in a
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The election of Jose Antonio Kast as Chile’s president on December 14, 2025, marks a critical inflection point in Latin America’s political trajectory and reflects a wider global shift toward far-right and
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Editorial The World Inequality Report 2026 does not merely describe a malfunctioning global economy; it indicts it. What emerges from its data is not an unfortunate imbalance or a temporary distortion, but
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Updated Story: Australia is reeling after a devastating mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday claimed the lives of at least 16 people, including a Holocaust survivor, a young French professional exploring
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by Durga Velayudham and Luxman Aravind The question of whether Trincomalee is being quietly prepared for an Indo–US– “Sri Lanka” joint military command no longer belongs to the world of speculation or
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