The Pathfinder Foundation and the Embassy of the United States of America in Sri Lanka have launched a lecture series marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, opening with a discussion on
This is the second and final part of this interview, the first part of which was published in yesterday’s edition. Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE, Frerks sees Sri
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White liberals have been working for many decades teaching that all white ethnics are racists. They have been as successful in teaching white people to see themselves as racists as they have been
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When one has witnessed not only a colour revolution in her own country (Macedonia, 2015–2016) but also sensed its arrival during Ukraine’s Euromaidan in 2014, every new outburst of supposedly spontaneous revolt provokes scepticism.
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What happens when a country wins a war but fails to resolve the reasons that produced the war in the first place? Can a military victory over an armed movement create lasting
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After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, two concepts entered common political usage, the “war of necessity” and the “war of choice.” The first meant territorial defense and national survival and the second, a war
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As Ukrainian drones continue striking oil depots, refineries and infrastructure inside Russia, the attacks have renewed debate over Moscow’s resilience and military capacity. Fuel shortages have emerged in some areas, while President
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The children of women confined in Brazil’s infamous Barbacena Hospital-Colony are pursuing legal action against the state, reopening a chapter of institutional history marked by mass deaths, forced confinement, and the separation
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At a time when the United States is commemorating 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a reflective feature published by El País examines the condition of the American
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Sri Lanka’s military went through its bloodiest month in July 1996, thirty years ago. I lost two good friends, one in the Navy and one in the Army Special Forces, during “Operation
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The coming months could bring South Asia and the wider On a humid June evening in Washington, five elderly gentlemen stood quietly beyond the White House gates, watching crowds gather beneath floodlights
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