The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
Historical anniversaries often provide the backdrop for diplomacy to become spectacle. This week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin was deliberately staged ahead of China’s grand parade marking 80 years since
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In a significant development that further escalates the tense relations between Pakistan and India, Pakistan’s security agencies recently arrested Major Dal Bahar Singh, a serving Indian Army officer, in Peshawar. Singh, who
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President Donald Trump euphorically concluded his White House press conference on September 2 with breaking news: the US military had just blown up a small motor vessel in the middle of the
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Political divisions are not new to Sri Lanka. Nor are they unique to our country. History is littered with disputes, breakaways, and betrayals – often among those who once marched under the
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13 August 2025 marked what would have been the 99th birthday of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. It also marks the beginning of year-long celebrations for his centenary. Castro is known as many
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This is the second of a series of articles exploring APEC, the trajectory we have traveled, our current political conjuncture, and the way forward. Our first article was entitled “What is APEC?”
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Zia-ul-Haq was a great leader of Pakistan, a tough tank general, and the man who defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan. He was murdered in August 1988 when the C-130 he was flying
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From August 31 to September 1, 2025, the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin hosted a landmark event in geopolitics: the 25th Heads-of-State Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). This summit
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There is only one treaty in the world that, despite its limitations, binds nations together: the United Nations Charter. Representatives of fifty nations wrote and ratified the UN Charter in 1945, with
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The aftereffects of years of lawless politics and lack of accountability among the political class and government servants are coming home to roost Sri Lanka after the National Peoples Power (NPP) government
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka reportedly declined an invitation from China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, citing pressures from an undisclosed foreign mission, according to
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European governments are facing mounting pressure to make concrete commitments to a planned multinational security force in postwar Ukraine, as leaders prepare for a high-stakes summit in Paris on Thursday, according to
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Donald Trump has vowed to slash regulation at home and fight European digital rules abroad, but his administration is doubling down on efforts to break up America’s largest technology companies, according to
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Several countries that had already “experienced” Donald Trump during his first term as President of the United States kept their fingers crossed when he was re-elected for a second term. Since assuming
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Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Sunday Morning, the Colombo-based weekly. We are on the cusp of a remarkable fortnight in Asian geopolitics. By the time this column reaches readers,
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