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Greenland or Else

January 21, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

US President Donald Trump has reportedly delivered an ultimatum to a group of European countries: accept the sale of Greenland to the United States, or face additional trade tariffs. This is not

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Macron Hits Back at Trump, Rejects Tariff Threats and Greenland Ultimatum

January 20, 2026
France/Geopolitics

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday delivered a forceful rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring that Europe would not give in to intimidation or “the law of the strongest” amid escalating

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How One Leader Exposed Democracy’s Fault Lines

January 20, 2026
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Summary: Martina Moneke examines Donald Trump as America’s auditor, a figure whose presidency functions less as conventional leadership and more as an erratic and often chaotic diagnostic probe into the nation’s democratic structures.

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Sri Lanka: The Law Dies When the President Lies

January 20, 2026
Human Rights/Politics/Sri Lanka

If a boy can be arrested and locked up for months simply for writing a poem, then Sri Lanka has already admitted what kind of country it is: not a democracy, but

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Nagaland’s Insurgency Is Dying — But the Conflict Isn’t

January 20, 2026
Defence/Geopolitics/Human Rights

Nagaland continued to experience a markedly subdued insurgency landscape through 2025, a trend that has extended into the opening weeks of 2026, with militant activity remaining sporadic, fragmented, and largely non-kinetic. The

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Nepal’s Democratic Façade Cracks

January 20, 2026
Columns/Diplomacy/Geopolitics

On January 15, 2026, Senior leader Gagan Kumar Thapa was elected President of the Nepali Congress (NC) unopposed during the party’s second Special General Convention (SGC) held at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu. The

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Cuba’s “Ship Adrift”: A Nation Struggling to Stay Afloat as U.S. Threats Rise

January 20, 2026
Cuba/World

For decades, Cuba’s official narrative has been anchored in a story of resistance: a small island standing firm against the most powerful nation on Earth. This January 8, however, that story was

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Interview: The World Order Is Breaking — And Iran Is at the Center

January 20, 2026
Geopolitics/Interviews

by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Mohammad Ghaderi is an Iranian journalist and international affairs analyst, known for his deep expertise in geopolitics, national security, and global strategic affairs. He holds a degree

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US Trade Shrinks With Nearly 40% of Global Partners as Trump’s Tariff Strategy Bites

January 20, 2026
Business/Trade Wars

As President Donald Trump completes one year in office today, January 20, new customs data show his tariff-driven approach has coincided with a sharp drop in U.S. trade with nearly 40% of

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Sri Lanka Targets 1,000 Caregivers for Israel in 2026 Under Bilateral Job Pact

January 20, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has set an ambitious goal to send 1,000 caregiving professionals to Israel in 2026, building on a bilateral employment agreement that has already placed more than 2,600 Sri Lankan workers

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Fallow Fortunes: Sri Lanka’s Investment Zones Sit Idle as Debts and Oversight Failures Mount

January 20, 2026
News/Sri Lanka

A new audit report reveals deepening concerns over wasted land, unpaid dues and regulatory lapses within Sri Lanka’s flagship investment agency, raising fresh questions about the country’s ability to attract and manage

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The Last Election

January 20, 2026
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

Donald Trump’s threat to cancel the midterm elections is not a feign. He attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election and said he would not accept the outcome of the

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From the Battle of Okinawa to the New Cold War

January 20, 2026
Defence/Geopolitics/History

We descended into Chibichibi Cave in southern Okinawa with the heavy feeling that this was not a site of distant history, but a warning. The cave is low enough that you have

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Washington’s Venezuela Pivot Shakes Caribbean Energy

January 20, 2026
Business/Trade Wars

When the United States completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil this week, the $500 million transaction reopened a geopolitical channel that had been largely dormant for years, signaling that energy pragmatism

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How Gossip and Street Songs Fueled the French Revolution’s Fire

January 20, 2026
France/History/World

In the decades before the storming of the Bastille, France did not simply move toward revolution because of bad harvests, economic collapse, or the glaring inequality between Versailles and the starving streets

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