by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor India has decided to sideline Sri Lanka from a substantive role at this year’s BRICS summit in New Delhi, scheduled for 12–13 September this weekend, according to
If J.R. Jayewardene had not held a referendum, the 1988 rebellion would not have happened, a former JVP rebel told the media. He asked: “What if J.R. had held a general election
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Can a political system be undermined by its own success? That is the argument advanced by proponents of post-liberalism, a broad and internally divided school of thought that has gained increasing attention
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The United States plans to provide $1 billion in security assistance to Colombia’s new government, signalling a major strengthening of ties with President Abelardo De La Espriella as he begins a presidency
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Taiwan’s move to dissolve the pro-Beijing Chinese Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) has triggered a political and constitutional controversy over whether security concerns are being used to suppress dissent. The island’s interior ministry
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Three inmates have been killed and nearly 25 others injured following separate outbreaks of unrest at three prisons in Sri Lanka, prompting authorities to deploy security forces,
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This may seem like a slightly belated reaction to India’s President’s visit to Macedonia 20-23 July. Yet the event deserves a brief reflection through a gender lens. The real inspiration comes from my engagement
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The apparent start of China’s annual closed-door Beidaihe retreat has once again drawn attention to one of the country’s most secretive political traditions, as heightened security, an extended absence of senior leaders
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The five-day period from July 20 to 25 in New Delhi, India’s capital was a high octane one as hundreds of youths under the rubric of Gen Z collected at Jantar Mantar
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The Trump administration is set to meet leading artificial intelligence developers, including Meta, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, to review a voluntary cybersecurity framework that would give the US government early access to
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I visited Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City the day before it closed, in October, 2016. The casino had two huge white gates flanked by 2-ton white, cast-stone elephants. Its
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