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Trump’s ex-defence adviser predicts US exiting Middle East
P.K. Balachandran/The Daily Times of Bangladesh Colombo, March 4 – Col Douglas Macgregor, who was an adviser to the US Secretary of Defence in the first Trump administration, said in a video interview with Norwegian political scientist Glenn Diesen that the Iran war is going...
India’s AI “Third Track”- From Scale to Substance
By Tang Lu In February 2026, the India AI Impact Summit 2026, hosted by the Government of India under its national AI Mission, took place in New Delhi, making it one of the largest AI gatherings ever held in the Global South. Prior to the...
The Chagos Fog – 104 Nautical Miles of “Strategic Autonomy” and the Realities of Maldivian Sovereignty
By Laxmi/Substack February 15 – When the Maldives announced a “heroic expedition” to recapture lost seas in February 2026, it triggered a wave of domestic scrutiny regarding the mission’s tactical parameters. A widely reported 2.5-mile discrepancy—the gap between the 106.5 nm ITLOS boundary and the...
Need for civilian authority over army
Xi Jinping asserts it through purges while India’s leadership appears to dither
Delhi police investigating leak of ex-Indian army chief’s unpublished book on war with China
Penguin denies publishing Gen Naravane's book
Implications of the dispute over Chagos Islands for Indian Ocean
By P.K.Balachandran/The Daily Times of Bangladesh Colombo, February 10 – The revived Maldives-Mauritius dispute over the Chagos Islands and surrounding waters carries major implications for Maldivian domestic politics and broader Indian Ocean geopolitics, involving the US-led Western alliance, India, and China. Maldivian President Dr Mohamed...
Geopolitical fallout of the Maldives-Mauritius dispute over Chagos Islands
The issue resonates in the internal politics of the Maldives and upsets geopolitical relations in the Indian Ocean involving the US-led Western alliance, India and China
Unrepentant Sri Lankan communist “Shan” Sanmugathasan and his perceptions of LTTE and JVP.
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj Colombo, February 7 – Nagalingam Sanmugathasan known to many as ‘Shan” and/or “Comrade Shan” was a dynamic leader produced by the leftist movement in Sri Lanka. “Comrade” Shan was arguably the last great Maoist of Sri Lanka. His name was spelled in English...
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