The Drake Framework The grounding of aircraft across the United States on 13 November 2026 provides an important occasion to examine the vulnerability of international civil aviation through an application of Frank
When US President Trump announced that a 50% tariff would be imposed on most goods exported from India to the United States, it sent shockwaves through India. The situation worsened when he
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By mid-2025, U.S. homicide rates were lower than pre-pandemic levels, according to the Council on Criminal Justice. It is a welcome sign, though the decline has been uneven across the country, and wider trends
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JR’s ASIAN fiasco The charisma of JR Jayawardene remains a compelling enigma, particularly from our current perspective nearly three decades after his passing. This essay examines his approach to foreign policy and
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has endorsed a U.S.-sponsored peace proposal aimed at ending nearly two years of conflict in Gaza, though the plan’s
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The US is poised to “sell” Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. US special envoy to Ukraine, retired general Keith Kellogg, says only the final decision has to be made. The US has
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A federal judge has upheld the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to designate drone manufacturer DJI as a Chinese military company, rejecting the company’s bid to be removed from the list. In
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The U.S. defense establishment faces a new strategic reckoning as China’s rapidly expanding defense-industrial base and long-range strike arsenal reshape the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, according to a feature published
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by A Special Defence Correspondent The debate over supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk cruise missiles is not simply about weapons; it is about strategic leverage, deterrence, and the limits of Western resolve. Ukrainian
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The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 was a wake-up call for President John F. Kennedy and his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Both
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Native American leaders are condemning the Pentagon after it allowed the families of soldiers who participated in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre to retain their military medals, calling the decision a distortion
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC United States has thrown the traps, after making all internal interventions to rise the NPP/JVP government to ascend to power. The Investment Climate Statement for Sri
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In her final public interview with Roger Errera in 1973, Hannah Arendt issued one of her most quoted warnings. “If everybody always lies to you,” she said, “the consequence is not that
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Sanae Takaichi, a leading contender in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race, suggested Sunday that Japan may seek to renegotiate elements of a major trade agreement with the United States
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The recent surge of United States military activity in Bangladesh marks a notable shift in the security landscape of South Asia’s eastern littoral. In September 2025, Bangladesh’s Chittagong region became the focal
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The United States will revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro following what officials described as “reckless and incendiary actions” during a street protest in New York City, the U.S. State
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