Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) supremo Veluppillai Prabhakaran along with many senior LTTE leaders was killed in the military confrontation with Sri Lanka’s armed forces in May 2009. With that military
“For those who believe, no proof is necessary; for those who do not believe, no proof is enough.” ~ Attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas The Revelation This essay is not meant to
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Homo Homini Sacra Res Est The Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019 in Sri Lanka stand not merely as an egregious manifestation of coordinated terror, but as a profound desecration of
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Abstract The 2026 war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States constitutes a systemic rupture in the architecture of international relations. Beyond its military dimension, the conflict exposes the erosion of Western
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The skies over Iran, long dominated by overwhelming American and allied airpower, became a deadly trap on the morning of April 3, 2026. More than a month into Operation Epic Fury—a massive
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On Wednesday, after America’s NATO allies refused his call to help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a furious Donald Trump said he might withdraw the United States from the alliance. No other American president has even
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Failure of the UN system is ultimately a failure of its member states to maintain and foster its objectives. Inequality in the power of member states, and the partiality shown by some
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on an interview with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon conducted by CBS Evening News. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks with the authority of a
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Missile inventories have become a focal point in the ongoing military confrontation with Iran. The Alma Research and Education Center estimates Iran’s ballistic missile count has fallen from 2,500 at the beginning of the
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A word keeps appearing across political commentary and media critique, as if it might contain the problem: childish. It surfaces with remarkable consistency—leaders described as immature, as adolescent, as performing power rather
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Editor’s Note: This column was originally published in the Colombo-based Sunday Island. As I have pointed out since the first term of the Trump administration, Donald Trump was never merely a leader
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