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Trump’s policies create new alignments across old divides
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, August 12 -The world order that prevailed up to 2024, is breaking down primarily due to the policies , actions ad style of US President Donal Trump. Trump’s tariffs and sanctions have created new alignments across old divides. In South Asia,...
Trump’s loss of popularity could affect Republican prospects
Ratings high on immigration and low on inflation
Trump–Putin Talks – prospects and perils of a land swap deal
If the Trump–Putin talks move towards a territorial bargain, the international community must weigh not just what is gained, but what is surrendered. Peace on paper is meaningless if it erodes the very foundations that make peace sustainable.
Three Southern Lankan politicians call for early Provincial Council elections
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, August 10 – While civil society leaders such as Karu Jayasuriya, president of the National Movement for Social Justice( NMSJ) and former speaker of parliament, and Dr. Jagan Perera, executive director of the National Peace Council (NPC) have been at the...
India exposes chinks in US armour
Defiant India moves towards, Russia and China,
India challenges Trump’s contentions on tariffs
India's National Security Advisor meets Putin in Moscow
A day after Trump’s ‘Russian oil’ tariffs, Doval meets Putin in Kremlin
NSA says plans for President Vladimir Putin’s India visit “almost finalised” and hails the “strategic and special partnership” with Russia during a “tumultuous situation” in the world
Transnational repression of dissent concerns Western democracies
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily Mirror Colombo, August 5 – There are two kinds of cross-border invasive action one sees today – cross border terrorism and transnational repression. The former is perpetrated by non-State actors and the latter by States. Even as the world is tying to find...
What should Sri Lanka’s new constitution be like and what are the challenges?
By Veeragathy Thanabalasingham Colombo, August 3 – The National People’s Power (NPP), after winning Sri Lanka’s national elections last year with a promise to introduce a new constitution, initially announced it would delay the process for three years. This decision drew criticism from constitutional experts...
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