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November 9, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

The Midterms Just Made the World More Dangerous

After being massively repudiated in Tuesday’s midterm election, Donald Trump has become a lame-duck president with significantly curtailed authority. What is likely to happen in the remaining two years until a new

Columns/Geopolitics

Blue Moon Over Trump’s La La Land

That was exquisite, but not surprising. The result was a manifestation of frustration and anger towards Trump, and it cannot be mistaken for a deeper endorsement of the Democratic Party. An electorate can reject a president without embracing his opponents,

November 9, 2026

Trump renews designation of Nicaragua as an “extraordinary threat”

Columns/Geopolitics

On November 3, President Trump signed an executive order declaring a “national emergency.” The “emergency” is due to “the unusual and extraordinary threat to

India’s Anti-China Mega-Dam Triggers a Crisis at Home

Columns/Geopolitics

India’s effort to strengthen its water security against China is generating a domestic crisis along its strategically sensitive northeastern frontier. On October 23, 2026,

Biden nods to compromise in Ukraine

November 11, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

The midterm elections in the US witnessed razor-thin races as Senate and House control hangs in the balance. But that didn’t discourage President Biden from holding a press conference on Wednesday to stake claim

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Global South is facing double jeopardy – Sri Lankan Prez at COP27

November 8, 2022
Politics/Speeches

President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the COP 27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt said that unbridled industrialization of the developed countries is the root cause of climate change, leaving the poor

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Exclusive: Let us Work as Partners – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister to UK

November 8, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Commenting on the scheduled debate on the human rights situation and economy in Sri Lanka to be held tomorrow in the UK parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka asked

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Politics of capitalist transition and state repression

November 6, 2022
Politics

Capitalist transition within a state is a process that involves changing institutions or the ‘rules of the game’, so that markets become the primary mechanism for resource allocation. These changes must be

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Lula never left Brazil’s centre stage

November 2, 2022
Brazil/Politics

The former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula, has won the country’s presidential election by an incredibly narrow margin of 50.90% of the vote against his right-wing rival

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Criticism and free speech not welcome

November 2, 2022
Columns/Politics

Imagine former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee when alive or former Party President Rajnath Singh being removed from a BJP Chintan Shivir presided over by PM Modi. Unthinkable. Wrong. It is possible

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Life and times in England today?

November 2, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

There is so much going on in England that it is hardly necessary to describe the plight of the British. One of Cornwall’s most beautiful beaches was unrecognisable at the weekend after

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How Europe Has Navigated Its Energy Crises

October 25, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

While European energy prices have eased slightly in recent months, stress continues to build across a continent that has long been dependent on access to cheap Russian energy. Protests related to high

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Europe: Shrinking Within

October 24, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Absolutely remarkable, Western media’s determination to ignore the recent Baltic Sea detonations, which knocked out the Nord Stream I and II gas pipelines. A major piece of Europe’s energy infrastructure, the joint

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Sri Lanka: Politics beyond 22

October 23, 2022
Columns/Politics

“You are in the end – what you are.” ~ Goethe (Faust) 22 is not perfect. Far from it, perhaps light-years far. Yet, in a season of defeats and setbacks, it is

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Sri Lanka: Political Prescription to 22A

October 21, 2022
Columns/Politics

Following article is based on the speech made by the author at the parliament during the second reading of Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution Bill It was expected that this Bill would

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India: Agniveer is killing regiment traditions

October 19, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Gorkha Training Centres, like other training establishments, where recruits are trained have been out of work for more than two years as recruitment was suspended due to COVID though it was possible

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Charting the Rise of Anti-French Sentiment Across Northern Africa

October 18, 2022
Defence/Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

In November 2021, a French military convoy was making its way to Mali while passing through Burkina Faso and Niger. It did not get very far. It was stopped in Téra, Niger,

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Kashmir: A Hungry Tiger Fights Fierce

October 16, 2022
Columns/Politics

It is a centuries old truth that ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ but in the Indian Occupied Kashmir, the administrative authorities are trying their utmost to keep the apples

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XI Jinping and Putin are now the villains of peace

October 16, 2022
Columns/Politics

There seem to be a number of things in common between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin.  Whatever may be the electoral practice in  China and Russia, Xi Jinping and

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The Midterms Just Made the World More Dangerous

After being massively repudiated in Tuesday’s midterm election, Donald Trump

Blue Moon Over Trump’s La La Land

That was exquisite, but not surprising. The result was a

Trump renews designation of Nicaragua as an “extraordinary threat”

On November 3, President Trump signed an executive order declaring

India’s Anti-China Mega-Dam Triggers a Crisis at Home

India’s effort to strengthen its water security against China is

Ukraine: Is Peace Possible?

President Donald Trump held an unscheduled meeting on Thursday, November5th,

India in the Mediterranean

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Pakistan Rejects the Logic of the AI Arms Race

Pakistan is not simply “falling behind” in an AI arms

Moon over Wuyi — A Personal Account

A personal reflection on Moon Over Wuyi, exploring how art

Youm-e-Shuhada Jammu: Remembering the Muslim Massacre of November 1947

The Jammu massacre of 1947 remains one of the most

The Taliban’s Diplomatic Windfall, the Region’s Security Burden

Afghanistan’s Taliban government is gaining international legitimacy while militant threats

The Roma Test: Czechia’s Reforms and the Persistence of Contempt

The Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission published its seventh report

Thoughts on the Midterm Elections

The Democrats may have taken control of the House and

Unprecedented Blue Wave: Is Trump’s Political Dominance Crumbling?

The Democratic Party has flipped the House and the Senate.

China Shatters the West’s Arms Monopoly

As Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Tata’s Moment of Truth: Should Chandrasekaran Step Aside?

It is unfortunate that the Tata Group, which has historically

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