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Factum Perspective: Fostering innovation in Sri Lanka

International Development, Tech CooperationMay 14, 2023825Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Malidu Mihisara Aluth alut de nothanana jaathiya lowa nonagi Siga kema beri wunu thana lagii gaya mara gii These lines were written by the Sri Lankan poet and author Cumaratunga Munidasa. A nation that does not innovate, he observes, will never prosper, and will eventually have to beg. I would like to go beyond Munidasa’s reading.…

Factum Perspective: The impact of Vesak on international relations

History and Culture, Peace and Conflict, Regional Geopolitics, UncategorizedMay 7, 2023914Views 1Like 1Comment

By Vinod Moonesinghe The festival of Vesak celebrates the birth, enlightenment (nibbana), and demise (Parinibbana) of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, also known as Sakyamuni Buddha. It may be compared to a combined festival of Christmas, the Theophany, and Easter for Christians, or the Prophet's birthday, Hajj, and Ramazan for Muslims. Also known as Buddha Day,…

Factum Special Perspective: The BRICS Bank and Multipolar Multilateralism

Health and Economic Cooperation, International Development, Peace and ConflictMay 3, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

By Sanja de Silva Jayatilleka South Africa will be hosting the 15th BRICS summit this year from August 22 to 24, under the theme “Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism.” South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing his National Assembly in this context, said that a strategic priority for his country was…

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives Conduct Dialogue on Indian Ocean Maritime Cooperation

Press ReleaseApril 30, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Colombo, Sri Lanka April 30, 2023 Factum Sri Lanka, an Asia-Pacific focused think-tank on foreign policy, in partnership with The Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) and The Baani Centre for International Policy, Maldives, held a Trilateral Dialogue on Maritime Cooperation in the Indian Ocean in Colombo on April 30, 2023. The Dialogue…

Factum Perspective: Reviewing a year in crisis

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsApril 30, 20232KViews 7Likes 1Comment

Photo by Dhananjaya Samarakoon By Rumeth Jayasinghe On March 31, 2022, Sri Lankans stormed the streets and held demonstrations in front of the then President’s private residence in Mirihana, demanding his resignation. The protest remained largely peaceful, until police attacked the protestors with tear gas and water cannons. It marked the beginning of a series…

Factum Perspective: Rethinking US-Sri Lanka ties

Belt Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Policy, History and Culture, Regional GeopoliticsApril 24, 2023737Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Uditha Devapriya During a visit to Sri Lanka on December 14, 2015, then US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Designate Thomas Shannon announced the launch of the first US-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue. The Dialogue, held in February the following year at Washington , sought to enhance cooperation between the two…

Factum Perspective: Abuses of anti-terrorism legislation – Four case studies

Peace and ConflictApril 17, 2023615Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Deneth Rajapaksha Anti-terrorism laws are designed to defend citizens from terrorist activities and to uphold national security. Unfortunately, in certain cases and certain countries, such laws have been applied to stifle political dissent, crush political opposition, and violate fundamental rights. Since there has never been a universally accepted definition of terrorism, different governments believe…

Factum Special Perspective: பயங்கரவாத தடுப்புச் சட்டமூலம்

Peace and ConflictApril 15, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

ஜகத் லியன ஆராச்சி, சட்டத்தரணி 1979 ஆம் ஆண்டின் 48 ஆம் இலக்க பயங்கரவாதத் தடுப்பு (தற்காலிக ஏற்பாடுகள்) சட்டத்தை நீக்குவதற்கும், பயங்கரவாதத்தைத் தடுப்பதற்கான புதிய சட்டக் கட்டமைப்பைக் கொண்டு அதனை பிரதியிடுவதற்குமாக "பயங்கரவாத தடுப்பு சட்டமூலம்” 22 மார்ச் 2023 அன்று வர்த்தமானியில் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. சட்டமூலத்தின் சுருக்கமான விளக்கம் கீழே கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது: பயங்கரவாத தடுப்பு சட்டங்களின் வரலாறு இலங்கையில், பயங்கரவாதம் தொடர்பான ஆரம்ப சட்ட ஏற்பாடுகள் 1947 ஆம் ஆண்டின் 25 ஆம் இலக்க பொதுமக்கள்…

Factum Special Perspective: ප්‍රති ත්‍රස්ත පනතේ හොඳ සහ නරක මෙන්

Peace and ConflictApril 13, 2023880Views 0Likes 0Comments

ජගත් ලියනආරච්චි 1979 අංක 48 දරණ ත්‍රස්ථවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ (තාවකාලික විධිවිධාන) පනත අහෝසි කිරීම හා නව ත්‍රස්තාවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ නීතියක් ස්ථාපනය කිරීම සදහා ර්‍ණත්‍රස්ත විරේධී පනත් කෙටුම්පත” 2023 මාර්තු මස 22 වන දින ගැසට් පත්‍රය මගින් ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත්කර ඇත. එම කෙටුම්පත පිළිබද කෙටි විවරණයක්. ත්‍රස්ත විරෝධි නීති ඉතිහාසය ශ්‍රි ලංකාව ත්‍රස්ත ක්‍රියා සම්බන්ධව මුල් කාලීනව නීතිමය…

Factum Special Perspective: The Anti-Terrorism Bill

Peace and ConflictApril 12, 2023634Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Jagath Liyanarachchi The "Anti-Terrorism Bill" has been gazetted on 22 March 2023 to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No. 48 of 1979 and to replace it with a new legal framework to prevent terrorism. Given below is a brief description of the Bill: History of anti-terrorism laws In…

Factum Perspective: Overextending and unbalancing Russia

Peace and ConflictApril 9, 2023649Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Vinod Moonesinghe Some years before Russia’s Ukraine “Special Military Operation”, the US Army’s Quadrennial Defence Review Office sponsored a study by the RAND Corporation of strategies to “extend Russia.” RAND published its findings in a 2019 report , Extending Russia: Competing from Advantageous Ground. The RAND Corporation, a private research organisation providing analysis and…

Factum Special Perspective: The troubled history of Sri Lanka – DPRK relations

History and Culture, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsApril 5, 2023640Views 0Likes 1Comment

By Chandani Kirinde The emphasis of the United Front (UF) government of Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike, which took office in May 1970, was to forge a new foreign policy that would move away from the pro-West policies of the UNP government, replacing them with a policy of non-alignment. While, theoretically, the focus was on non-alignment, in…