Editorial As voting entered its most consequential moment, Donald Trump may have recognised the political damage awaiting his party. On Election Day, he announced that the United States would end its annual
Editorial Yet another battle is over—that’s what we hear. But the war isn’t over; history keeps teaching us this lesson repeatedly. Yet, what happened in Sharm El-Sheikh is important. This is the
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Go to Kosovo today and you’ll meet men in their twenties named Tonibler—a single word, a single name, bestowed by grateful parents who wanted to honour the
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Editorial The latest salvo of violence along the Afghanistan–Pakistan frontier, in which the Taliban announced the annihilation of scores of Pakistani soldiers in a retaliatory operation, is far more than a mere
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Editorial In a society that prides itself on the rule of law, it is both shocking and infuriating to witness those entrusted with upholding justice brazenly flout it. The recent incident at
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by Luxman Aravind In diplomatic circles, there is an old saying: “If you are not at the table, then you are on the menu.” One is compelled to wonder whether Sri Lanka’s
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by Our Correspondents Washington DC and Doha Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that will see 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for 20 Israeli hostages, marking the first major step
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Editorial The latest UN Human Rights Council resolution in Geneva is a blunt reminder that Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is in complete collapse. Passed without a single vote against and co-sponsored by
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by Durga Velayudham Greta Thunberg, barely out of childhood, became the centrepiece of a global spectacle once again. This month, she sailed into a war zone on a flotilla of boats, allegedly
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Editor’s Note: Excerpts of the following article are adapted from the author’s paper, originally published in CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Since its inception in
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is rapidly becoming a hub for highly organized cyber scams operated by Chinese and Indian networks, exploiting both local youth and the country’s vulnerable digital
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Nothing but a traitor would step on his own national flag. That single, shocking image from Friday night — a boot pressed upon the crimson crescent and
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a name that to the uninitiated might sound benign, bureaucratic, and perhaps faintly dull, has long been cloaked in a veil
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by Our Cultural Affairs Editor The Zurich Film Festival, now in its 21st year, has long been a celebration of human creativity, a stage upon which the human imagination and spirit converge
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JR’s ASIAN fiasco The charisma of JR Jayawardene remains a compelling enigma, particularly from our current perspective nearly three decades after his passing. This essay examines his approach to foreign policy and
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC United States has thrown the traps, after making all internal interventions to rise the NPP/JVP government to ascend to power. The Investment Climate Statement for Sri
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