In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
by A Special Correspondent Sri Lanka Guardian has obtained a trove of documents detailing alleged plans by U.S.-based agencies to influence Indonesia’s political landscape following the election victory of Prabowo Subianto and
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In an interview with The Island, former Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, PC, addressed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent promise to release Tamil political prisoners, stating unequivocally that, in his view, Sri
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INTRODUCTION Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election victory marks the beginning of another roller-coaster ride in U.S. foreign policy. The president-elect is poised to bring back the hallmarks of his first term:
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by Luxman Aravind The government’s decision today has all but destroyed any remaining trust in its commitment to genuine justice. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), who just days ago assured the public
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Editorial In a nation where meaningful leadership seems like a distant memory, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recent declarations reveal a tragicomic spectacle of hollow promises, personal ambition, and a flagrant disregard for
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The working visit of Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to Mumbai and Delhi on November 11-12 has been in the cards for sometime. It assumes added interest today as, in a delightful
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One great paradox of our era is that the robustness of American democracy has come to be measured in coffee spoons in terms of the country’s archaic system of electoral college votes.
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“Condition of good friends, condition of old wine,” Chinese President Xi Jinping cited a Brazilian proverb to describe the long-running friendship between the Chinese and Latin American people when addressing the Brazilian
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The socioeconomic ideology of Sri Lanka’s President, Anura Kumar Dissanayake, and his political party, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), has always been rooted in Marxism. Founded in 1965, the JVP has been
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IMF programs and equity As we have previously pointed out, though IMF programs appear to solely focus on development, they do not cater to or deal with matters that affect socio-economic justice
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INTRODUCTION In the future, managing overt but also informal support and more discrete contributions will be a challenge as nations carefully weigh up their internal and external equities and calibrate their level
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A feature article on the Business pages of The Island of February 16, 2023 served as a formal event announcement for the inaugural function of a new NGO called the People’s Convention on Good
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A pair of quotes, separated by eight years, spotlight a chronic political mentality at the top of the Democratic Party: “The path to victory in a state like Michigan, Harris campaign officials
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Editorial Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office as the 47th President signals a seismic shift, one that could plunge Ukraine into unprecedented chaos, potentially sparking a military coup to remove Volodymyr
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For the past few weeks I have been on the road in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Australia at the invitation of groups such as Te Kuaka, Red Ant, and the Communist Party of Australia. Both
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