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Factum Perspective: Mannar Wind Farm: A Green Revolution with Hidden Costs

Climate and environmentAugust 23, 20252KViews 3Likes 0Comments

By Kashia Dias Although a conversion to wind power might sound essential to future-proofing Sri Lanka’s energy systems, the extension of a wind power plant in Mannar has faced opposition by residents, who claim it threatens their environment and livelihoods. At the beginning of August this year, the second phase of the Mannar…

Factum Perspective: Border in Flames: The Thailand–Cambodia Conflict of 2025

History and Culture, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsAugust 16, 20251KViews 1Like 0Comments

By Deveen Balasuriya For over the decades, border between Thailand and Cambodia has been more than just a line on a map. It has been a fault line where history, culture, and politics collide. That tension erupted violently again in mid-2025, resulting in the bloodiest cross-border fighting between the two countries in over a decade.…

Call for Proposals: Countering Content Impacting Electoral Integrity in Sri Lanka

Call for ProposalsMarch 18, 20252KViews 1Like 0Comments

Factum, in collaboration with Democracy Reporting International (DRI), will monitor and analyse online political discourse and elections and report harmful content online (e.g. inauthentic behavior, disinformation and hate speech incidents) to tech platforms. The project is funded by the European Union (EU) and it will implement digital democracy activities in Sri Lanka until 2026. …

Digital Governance and Rights in South Asia, and the Path Forward

Special ReportsMarch 14, 20252KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Last year, 12 digital rights organizations across South Asia, including Factum, came together in Kathmandu to exchange lessons and learnings amid rising state-sanctioned and platform-mediated technology authoritarianism in the region. The discussions tackled a broad range of issues, from repressive digital laws and policies to whether or not existing models of platform accountability are working…

The Role of Nitrogen Pollution in Aggravating South Asia’s Climate Crisis

Special ReportsJanuary 25, 20252KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Over the next few years and decades, South Asia is expected to bear the brunt of climate change. In this Paper, authored by Gothamie Weerakoon, PhD of the United Kingdom and Adnan Remat of Pakistan, we explore potential impacts from nitrogen pollution, one of the leading, most distinct contributors to the climate crisis in the…

Factum Perspective: Out of the abyss and into BRICS

Health and Economic Cooperation, International Development, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsOctober 27, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

By Shiran Illanperuma From October 22 to 24, the 16th BRICS summit was held in Kazan, Russia. Alongside the core group members of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, this year saw the formal addition of Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. During the summit, another 13 countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand,…

Factum screens “Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines”

Press ReleaseJuly 25, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Colombo City Centre July 25, 2024 The inaugural international screening of "Democracy in Debt: Sri Lanka Beyond the Headlines", directed by Beena Sarwar (Sapan News Network and Southasia Peace Action Network) with a grant from the Pulitzer Center and institutional facilitation by Fact, took place on July 25, 2024 at the Colombo City Centre. The…

Factum Perspective: The Future of India-Sri Lanka Economic Relations

Health and Economic Cooperation, International Development, Regional GeopoliticsJune 16, 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

By Rumeth Jayasinghe “Blood is thicker than water. It was natural for India to see what it could do to stand by Sri Lanka at this very difficult time” S. Jaishankar Sri Lanka’s relations with India go back a long way. The first inklings of trade consolidated economic, cultural, and religious ties in both countries.…

Factum Perspective: What Raisi’s Death Means

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsMay 26, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

By Nilanthan Niruthan The unexpected and tragic death of Ebrahim Raisi reveals the true brutality of geopolitics. While basic compassion dictates that we mourn the loss of human life first, almost all the media coverage on his death has focused instead on the political ramifications of the tragedy. Although unfortunate, this is also inevitable. Iran…

Factum Special Perspective: Houthis, the Red Sea, and Sri Lankan Politics

Maritime Security, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 9, 20243KViews 2Likes 0Comments

By Rear Admiral Y. N. Jayarathna (Retd) Naval assets are tools through which a country’s geopolitical standing is constantly being tested – especially in contested waters. After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, the US promptly dispatched two carrier battle groups to the Gulf and the Mediterranean. The purpose was to…

Factum orientation on Sri Lanka’s foreign policy for International Students of the University of Colombo

Press ReleaseNovember 9, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Factum, Colombo November 8, 2023 Factum, an Asia and Asia-Pacific focused think-tank on International Relations, conducted an orientation on Sri Lanka's foreign policy for students from Yunnan University, China at the University of Colombo on November 9. The session was conducted by Factum's Co-Founder Omar Rajarathnam and Chief Analyst - International Relations Uditha Devapriya. The…

Factum Perspective: India’s calculation on the UNGA resolution on Gaza goes awry

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsNovember 5, 20231KViews 0Likes 0Comments

By P. K. Balachandran India’s abstention from the UN General Assembly (UNGA) vote late last month on a Jordanian resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in the war in Gaza has put it in an awkward position vis-à-vis the Global South and its neighbours, which are its core constituencies. Finding itself isolated New Delhi issued…