The internet has fundamentally altered who can participate in democratic public discourse, how political information circulates and who has the power to shape public opinion. Yet the legal principles governing democratic communication
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera is emerging in internal political discussions as a possible common candidate for Sri Lanka’s next presidential election, according to
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France’s far right entered the 2027 presidential race with a carefully balanced partnership. Now ideological differences, personal tensions and competing ambitions are exposing its fault lines. The formula was supposed to be
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has delivered a pointed warning to the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), arguing that the party is overconfident in its own political strength and
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Editorial Namal is rising. We do not know whether we are going to witness what the Philippines witnessed over the Marcos family, and it is far too early to predict such a
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United Republican Front (URF) leader Patali Champika Ranawaka recently thanked Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa for recognising the Janathawadi Joint Opposition as a real challenge to the National People’s Power
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The Trump White House has put into place a series of mechanisms to fix or invalidate the midterm elections. Congress will not save us. The courts will not save us. Our only
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For 22-year-old Vaishnavi Kadam, politics is not supposed to be a defining part of her identity. An MBBS student in Pune, she describes herself as “an apolitical person”. Yet on August 22,
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Former Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Germans to stand up for democracy, warning that the country must confront a political moment in which the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become powerful
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Francis Fukuyama remains one of the most influential political theorists of the modern era, a reputation forged in 1989, months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, when his essay “The End
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China today represents not only a strategic challenge to the US‑led, rules‑based international order but also a profound test for democracy itself. For many smaller nations, Beijing’s rapid transformation from poverty to
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A referendum on 27 September will force Swiss voters to decide whether the country’s historic neutrality should prevent it from imposing economic sanctions on countries at war, a proposal backed by the
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At 4am, Yogi Adityanath rises from a hard wooden bed. Two hours of meditation and prayer follow, then a simple vegetarian breakfast. The routine is austere, but the day that follows belongs
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“My fight was against the mafia, not against the citizen, and I am a libertarian. At the same time, I would say I am absolutely left.” K. J. Alphons, former Union Minister,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Government has rejected what it described as attempts by foreign countries to pressure Colombo over the holding of long-delayed Provincial Council elections, as a senior
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Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Sri Lanka on August 5, a historic day in India-Sri Lanka relations. August 5, 1987, is historically significant because it was the day on which,
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