Mathematicians around the world are struggling to come to terms with a breakthrough that has challenged their understanding of their profession and its future. On 6 October, OpenAI released 722 manuscripts generated
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch speaks with a clarity that resists time. Her voice, described in Observer UK accounts of her life and testimony, is forthright, steady, and entirely free of self-pity. It is not
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What does it mean when a soldier describes his own life not as a sequence of postings, but as an unbroken continuity between home, border, and operational responsibility? This question sits beneath
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US President Donald Trump has increasingly become unhinged as the war on Iran has not gone as he imagined. Both the United States and Israel felt that a series of domination strikes
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Clausewitz understood that wars have a way of outgrowing the aims that set them in motion. Thirty-one days into Operation Epic Fury, his lesson is being relearned — even if Washington can’t
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The plight of Sri Lanka, an island nation of about 23 million people caught in the after effect of a war in faraway Iran and GCC countries (Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi
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The 10th Synergia foundation’s conclave, a three-day strategic affairs forum, commenced in New Delhi on 11 March, 2026, 12 days after the joint Israeli-US attack on Iran. The meeting at the Manekshaw
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On 28 February 2026, the United States and the Zionist regime, through an unlawful act of aggression contrary to the fundamental principles of international law, acted against the territorial integrity and national
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According to the latest report from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the country’s total outstanding government debt reached 29,994.7 billion rupees by the end of 2025, marking a significant increase from
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Japan’s foreign population has reached an unprecedented milestone, surpassing 4 million residents for the first time as migration into the country accelerates. According to the Immigration Services Agency of Japan, the number
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Long regarded as unthinkable or dishonourable, the targeting of enemy leaders is becoming a standard tactic of war, and the implications go far beyond individual battles. A story often recounted about the
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What does it mean to grow up in a state before it becomes a state, and to watch it expand beyond recognition within a single lifetime? How does a person who describes
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The Iranian Ambassador to Sri Lanka described Sri Lanka as a “close friend” and assured that Iran would provide fuel “at any time that Sri Lanka needs.” At one level, this is
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“Stupidity has come back as a king – no; as an emperor…” ~ Aldous Huxley (Eyeless in Gaza) Most of the business of the United Nations are so routine they barely
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The Indian Ocean, once envisioned as an “Ocean of Peace,” is entering a phase of strategic uncertainty that Sri Lanka cannot afford to ignore. Developments unfolding far beyond its shores, particularly in
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Iran’s Kurdish militias are adopting a patient strategy: they will not move against the Islamic Republic until the regime shows signs of real vulnerability. According to reports highlighted by El Pais, the
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