India’s trade deficit with its FTA partners was actually widening
By Veena Venugopal/Financial Times New Delhi, January 13 – Donald Trump has announced a 25 per cent tariff on countries that do business with Iran, a move that could hit India hard as a key trading partner to the Islamic republic. The White House declined...
Elders dying after a fall is a WHO-flagged major issue
By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint Colombo, January 14 – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2021, falls were the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Each year an estimated 684 000 individuals had died from falls globally of which over 80% were in low...
Security considerations in Trump’s demand for Greenland
By P. K. Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, January 13 – US President Donald Trump has said that the US will take over Greenland whether the Greenlanders and the Danes, who have sovereignty over the island, like it or not. Trump’s case is that American control over...
Iran is on the boil – Survival of the Islamic regime is in question following US intervention in Venezuela
By P K Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 13 – Iran is on the boil, with the masses across cities protesting an unprecedented 42% inflation. An average Iranian would need US$ 500 dollars a month to make both ends meet, but he has only US$ 125....
Preventing de-dollarization, Trump’s aim in Venezuela and the world too
De-dollarization will be an uphill task as it is progressing globally
India performed creditably in the May 2025 India–Pakistan conflict: Stimson Centre analyst
By P.K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 6 – Despite losing some aircraft during the brief but intense India–Pakistan conflict in May 2025, India ultimately performed creditably, striking deep into Pakistan with missiles and drones while largely defending itself against Pakistani retaliation, according to Christopher Clary,...
Four interlocking objectives of Trump’s invasion of Venezuela
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, January 6 — The United States’ invasion of Venezuela in early January 2026, culminating in the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro’s left-wing government, was driven by four interlocking objectives: (1) installing a compliant regime in Caracas; (2) forcefully reasserting American primacy...
The many questions raised by Trump’s action in Venezuela
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, January 6 – President Donald Trump’s address on 3 January announcing the “arrest” of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marks one of the most consequential and controversial assertions of power in contemporary international relations. Whether framed as law enforcement, counter-narcotics action, or geopolitical...
India performed creditably in the May 2025 India-Pakistan war, says Stimson Centre analyst
By P.K. Balachandran Colombo, January 3 –Though India lost some aircraft in the four-day India-Pakistan air war in May 2025, it struck deep into Pakistan with missiles and drones while defending itself well against similar attacks by Pakistan, says Christopher Clary, a Fellow at Stimson...
Deep fissures in Trump’s MAGA camp
US President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) camp is now a house divided on racial, religious and doctrinal lines.
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