Once you get on the agenda of international civil society, it is difficult to get off
“Hey Geneva” laments Ajith Kumarasiri (musician, songwriter, and composer in Sri Lanka) in powerful Sinhala rhythm and blues. “We no…
Calling For Answers
Catholic leaders in Sri Lanka are urging the government to step up its efforts to investigate the 2019 Easter Sunday…
Sri Lanka’s Prospects At The UNHRC
In all likelihood, Sri Lanka will face a tough resolution at the March session of the UN Human Rights Council…
The tentative reconciliation process
A fast-unto-death protest started by five undergraduates of the Jaffna University came to an end soon after Vice Chancellor of…
Pushing Muslims towards militancy?
The government is forcibly cremating Muslims who die of covid-19Outside a hospital in southern Sri Lanka on December 22nd, a…
A bone of contention
With a capacity of 7.2 million TEUs, an annual cargo tonnage of nearly 40 million tons, and a dredged depth…
The need to build relationships
THE loss of the $480 million grant opportunity provided to Sri Lanka by the Millennium Challenge Corporation has been on…
The new Cold War in the Indo-Pacific theatre
At present, albeit in a different context, there is another westward strategy from the Eastern Pacific theatre. It is that…
Is the Trump China Policy working?
The United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo recently embarked on a five nation Asia tour to India, Sri Lanka,…
Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
The term Indopazifischer Raum (Indo-Pacific Space) coined by German geopolitical thinker Karl Haushofer in 1920, is perhaps the first academic statement on…