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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...
Geo-political and domestic challenges facing Sri Lanka as it steps into 2026
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, January 4 – The people of Sri Lanka have entered the New Year in a precarious condition, facing enormous challenges in rebuilding the country from the ravages of cyclone Ditwah. The cyclone stalled the progress made in the restructuring programme to...
UNSC was a major battle ground for Bangladesh’s liberation
Bangladesh’s war of independence was fought on the ground, in the diplomatic arena across world capitals, and in the UN Security Council, with all three venues seeing intense action.
Is India playing a cat and mouse game with China in Bay of Bengal?
Frequent cancellation of announced Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) in the Bay of Bengal gives rise to speculation as to whether India is playing a cat and mouse game with China in that strategic area
Trump downgrades India and drops Pakistan in his 2025 NSS
By P. K. Balachandran/Sunday Observer Colombo, December 14- US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) for 2025 signals a decline in the importance of India as compared with the NSS he presented in 2017 during his first term. In 2017, Pakistan was severely castigated...
Trump’s National Security Strategy Sidesteps India
By P.K.Balachandran/The Citizen Colombo, December 10 – US President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) for the year 2025 signals a decline in the importance of India as compared with the NSS he presented in 2017 during his first term. In 2017, Pakistan was severely...
US and China will benefit from cooperation,not conflict
By Christopher M. Schroeder/Subtrack I went to China last month for the first time in six years. I was there at the invitation of a fascinating group that includes CEOs from China and America to meet in Beijing. But this was also an excuse to...
India and Nepal are at loggerheads again over territory
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, December 3 – India and Nepal share culture and religion and have an open border stretching across five Indian States Uttar Pradesh (551 km), Uttarakhand (275 km), Bihar (726 km), West Bengal (100 km) and Sikkim (99 km). The two countries...
China cracked down on coaching classes. Should India also do it? Premium
Should India consider regulating coaching classes like China’s crackdown, or focus on systemic educational reforms instead?
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