Blog Posts
The shadow of a Truman moment In the Iran war
In such moments, the international system can benefit from the quiet diplomacy of actors that retain a degree of strategic autonomy
Nobel aspirations & war clouds – reassessing Trump’s Middle East legacy
By P.M.Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, March 16 -Few global leaders have publicly associated themselves with the idea of the Nobel Peace Prize as frequently as Donald Trump. During and after his presidency, Trump repeatedly argued that his diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East and elsewhere deserved recognition...
France stands as ‘reliable, predictable and determined’ partner to Qatar: Envoy
By Fazeena Saleem/The Peninsula Doha, March 15 – France has reaffirmed its strong strategic partnership with Qatar, highlighting deep diplomatic ties, and the defence dimension of the partnership has taken on heightened importance as the region navigates a complex geopolitical situation. In an exclusive interview...
US-Iran strife is 73 years old
The US-backed overthrow of Prime Minister Mosaddegh in 1953 and the Islamic Revolution of 1979, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, were turning points in the steadily deteriorating relationship.
Is Israel signalling defeat by denying that regime change is the goal in Iran?
The US-Israeli camp’s shifting goal posts are a sign of an impending defeat. America could meet the same fate it did in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan
AKD, the silent diplomat?
By Kassapa/Counterpoint Colombo, March 12 – A few weeks ago, when President Anura Kumara Dissanayake used his good offices to convince Pakistan to send its cricket team to play India in Colombo in the T20 Cricket World Cup after they had initially refused to do...
IRIS Dena: How Iranian vessels exposed the limits of Sri Lanka’s neutrality
A lens into Sri Lankan politics—and the diplomacy of a small, indebted state on the world’s busiest sea lane
US torpedoing ‘IRIS Dena’, an eye-opener for Indian Ocean region
By Shanika Sriyananda/DailyFT Colombo, March 11 – A US submarine torpedoing the Iranian warship – the IRIS Dena – in the Indian Ocean (IO) about 19 nautical miles off Sri Lanka killing at least 87 unarmed Iranian sailors and enabling Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) to...
Realism in the Indian Ocean
By Milinda Moragoda/ Colombo, March 10 -The reported sinking of an Iranian frigate by a United States submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka — and the tragic loss of Iranian sailors — has triggered intense debate across social media and sections of the traditional...
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