Contrasting positions of women in South Asia
By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, March 8 – South Asia is a sub-continent of contrasts. On the one hand, it has produced the largest number of women Prime Ministers, but on the other, women’s participation in the formal workforce is just 33% when the world average...
Can India exercise strategic autonomy when US and Israel give no room for it?
New Delhi also finds itself in the US camp without deriving its benefits
A transnational sextortion enterprise – case of Zobaidul Amin Bangladesh
The case now unfolding in the United States District Court for Alaska
The Sallay gamble
By Vishvanath/Counterpoint Colombo, March 5 -There are arguments for and against the recent arrest and detention of Major General (Retd) Suresh Sally, a former top military intelligence officer, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in connection with the Easter Sunday terror attacks (2019). Most...
Pathfinder Foundation’s recipe for Sri Lanka’s national security
Colombo, March 5 – The Chairman of the Pathfinder Foundation Bernard Goonetilleke on Thursday formally launched the “ Pathfinder Proposal for a National Security Strategy for Sri Lanka.” The NSS document suggests a comprehensive security strategy covering not just the military aspect but all aspects...
Subservience of Silence: India’s Complicity in U.S.-Israel’s Unjust War Against Iran
The Hindutva government of Narendra Modi remained silent as the U.S. torpedoed Iranian warship that just days ago participated in naval exercise alongside Indian Navy in the Bay of Bengal.
In the age of power, India must play peacemaker
Formal multilateral institutions remain important. However, they were designed for a different distribution of power and a different strategic climate
Congress questions Modi govt after Hegseth confirms US sub sank IRIS Dena in Indian Ocean
'At least 80 people killed in US submarine strike on Iranian warship in Indian Ocean,' Sri Lanka’s deputy foreign minister told local media
How the Indian hoi polloi see the Iran-Israel war
By Bharati Chaturvedi/Facebook New Delhi, March 2 – We have an Israeli neighbour. Even though we have never seen him, we know he is popular because he hosts parties where Punjab politicians or officials with heavily armed security guards show up. This is high drama...
Regime change bid in Iran – the stumbling blocks
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, March 5 – The joint US-Israeli air attack on Iran was a bid to bring about a regime change and establish total US-Israeli dominance in the West Asian region. The nuclear enrichment issue, which the duo had touted as the reason...
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