Sri Lanka’s recovery under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake presents a fundamental test of working-class liberalism: whether economic discipline can be reconciled with social justice, decent employment and democratic accountability. The government has
For Sri Lanka, maritime security is not an abstract geopolitical concern. The island’s location near major shipping routes creates opportunities for trade, fisheries, and economic development, but it also brings responsibilities. Illegal fishing, smuggling, maritime accidents, environmental threats, and disruptions
Introduction I have just finished reading John Rawls’s book A Theory of Justice, and my curiosity got the better of me in wondering how
If the robe is so sacred and needs veneration if it’s taken that it represents the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, irrespective of the character
Five years after the Taliban returned to Kabul, its grip on Afghanistan remains formidable but increasingly contested. Persistent TTP attacks inside Pakistan, worsening Kabul–Islamabad tensions and the emergence of armed anti-Taliban groups
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Part 2 The instrument we no longer have Something was lost in the twentieth century and has never been replaced. The Third International was dissolved in 1943, a wartime accommodation to allies
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Canada’s proposed “associate membership” of the EU exposes a striking legal paradox: the treaties contain no such membership category, yet Article 217 TFEU could provide a route to an exceptionally deep association.
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Greenland reveals the Trump Corollary in its most naked form. Far from an empty white space as it is often portrayed, this Inuit society of roughly 57,000 people has a long history
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A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill ~ Frank Borman Someone once said: “ The two best pilots can be put
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Kamjong District has emerged as one of the principal theatres of the expanding Naga-Kuki confrontation in Manipur in 2026. Located along the India-Myanmar border and predominantly inhabited by Tangkhul Naga communities, the
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Stabilisation is retrospective; it builds firewalls around past failures, manages liquidity ratios and enforces structural austerity to ensure that a nation can barely service its liabilities. Transformation, by contrast, is prospective. It
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In an advertising campaign for Novig, a sports prediction market, actor Sydney Sweeney lies across a gym mat, nearly nude, amid athletic gear. A soccer ball, basketball, and the angles of her
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The Moffatt v. Air Canada decision establishes an important principle for the emerging relationship between aviation and artificial intelligence: an airline cannot simply shift responsibility to a chatbot when the system provides
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Over the past two years, young people around the world have taken to the streets. From Kenya to Nepal, Indonesia to the Philippines, from Madagascar to Morocco, and in Peru, they rise
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Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defining feature is the buying and selling of contracts. They operate on a peer-to-peer
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There is no question that AI will increase productivity in many sectors of the economy over time. It is a general purpose technology that will allow machines to substitute for human labor
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We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models ~ Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic The International Day of Peace, observed annually on 21 September, invites humanity
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“On this International Day of Peace, let us all be inspired by the courage of those who champion peace in neighborhoods, classrooms and communities. And let’s call on world leaders to invest
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In 1960, the US economist Walt Whitman Rostow published The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. The subtitle revealed the book’s purpose. Rostow did not merely describe economic development; he offered an
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