A familiar storm gathers Sri Lanka’s inflation reached 8% in September 2026, above the Central Bank’s 3–7% target band for a third straight month, and another push is coming from abroad. Brent
M.A. Sumanthiran of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) declared that the Tamil demand for self-rule remains unchanged, even as his party faces the fallout of a significant electoral setback in Sri
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Former Minister Douglas Devananda has issued a blunt warning over what he describes as the growing failure of local governance mechanisms, stating that he will take the concerns of the public directly
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Across the globe, the tools of conflict are evolving. In South Asia, the erosion of the Indus Waters Treaty is transforming rivers into instruments of strategic leverage between India and Pakistan. Half
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At the end of Hannah Arendt’s 1970 interview with Adelbert Reif, she offers some of her most direct thoughts on our political predicaments today. Across the political spectrum, she writes, there is
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of striking a ₹1,000-crore deal to unseat her government, triggering a major political confrontation ahead of the state elections. Her
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China has intensified its anti-corruption campaign by formally targeting intermediaries who facilitate bribery, as part of a broader effort to combat increasingly sophisticated and concealed forms of graft. In new judicial guidance
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Peru heads to the polls this Sunday in a decisive first-round election that will choose its ninth president in just ten years, a stark reflection of prolonged political instability. The race, led
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It is said that when the people fear the government, there is tyranny, and when the government fears the people there is liberty. However, in a bid to retain its hold on
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From 1977 to 1994, the Bandaranaike and Rajapaksa factions of the SLFP were unable to defeat the UNP government. The JVP, even through armed struggle, could not destabilize the UNP government. In
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by Durga What unfolded in Parliament yesterday evening was not democracy in action but power laid bare—raw, unapologetic, and utterly indifferent to accountability. The crushing defeat of the no-confidence motion against Energy
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Syria and Iraq: hospitals as targets The targeting of medical infrastructure has become a documented feature of multiple modern conflicts. It is not a coincidence, but a strategy. In Syria, Physicians for
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Standing in the dust of Çatalhöyük—a 9,000-year-old Neolithic site known to archaeology since the 1960s, yet virtually non-existent in discussions about political science and law—a question haunted me: “How come no one told
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Does witnessing suffering make you more moral? Can a life surrounded by brilliance teach you justice, or does real understanding only come from seeing the world at its worst? For Tom Gross,
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The International Monetary Fund has granted initial approval for a new $700 million loan tranche to Sri Lanka, marking a significant step forward in the country’s ongoing recovery from a severe financial
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Is the Global South merely a relic of postcolonial discourse, or does it retain analytical potency? Are these nations passive victims of systemic inequities, or do domestic choices exacerbate their vulnerabilities? These
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