Fertilizer Spat Underlines Struggles With International Trade Deals
In September of last year, the Sri Lankan government banned a shipment of 20,000 tons of fertilizer, worth $6.9 million, from China’s Qingdao Seawin Biotech...
Posturing for the UNHRC session
With the situation in Sri Lanka coming up for discussion at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on March 3, the Sri Lankan government as...
The island of a thousand errors
The government of Sri Lanka is showing an alarming lack of knowledge over how the international economy works. Which seems fair enough since they've recently...
India-led Quad can rescue Sri Lanka?
Wang Yi’s on the move. In his first trip abroad this year, the Chinese foreign minister will visit a bunch of Indian Ocean states, including...
What way out for Sri Lanka?
The historical and traditional glory of Sri Lanka have justifiably made millions of Sri Lankans living in Sri Lanka and in other countries as well...
India In Its Neighborhood
Geographically, the neighbourhood is typically a country’s first point of diplomacy. India’s relationship with its neighbouring countries (NCs)—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and...
Wishing you Peace throughout the New Year
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and...
One country …..
On 28 October, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the militant Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara to head a presidential task force on legal reforms, shocking many...
India is showing signs it cannot be taken for granted
Sri Lanka seeks urgent help from India as its net foreign exchange reserves plunge to an all-time low of $1.2 billion, barely enough to pay...
How Islamic Fundamentalists Get Away With Murder in Pakistan
Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan general manager of a garment factory in Pakistan’s eastern city of Sialkot, was bludgeoned to death by an Islamist mob...
A wake-up call for our region
Speaking at the 5th Indian Ocean Conference in Abu Dhabi on 05 December 2021, Mr. Wickremesinghe said the recurrent lock-downs have driven large numbers of...
In India’s embrace?
India and Sri Lanka now appear to be shedding doubts and reservations about each other and getting closer in multiple ways simultaneously. India’s urgency to...
India’s Foreign Policy And US Strategic Directions Post-Afghanistan
The United States and India conjoined with a Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and QUAD Security Dialogue stand challenged in 2021 in wake of Afghanistan Talibanisation...
Sri Lanka’s Food Crisis
Last month, as the rupee depreciated and inflation rose, panicked Sri Lankans queued up for hours to purchase scarce supplies of sugar, rice, lentils, and...
Prospects for Pak-US Relationship under President Biden
Summary Since independence, Pakistan has followed one-sided pro-United States (US) policies. However, the relations have been mostly vacillating. In the current geostrategic environment, and amidst...