Peace and Conflict

Factum Perspectives: 10 Takeaways from the Israel-US attacks on Iran

Peace and ConflictMarch 1, 2026164Views 1Like 0Comments

By Uditha Devapriya Given that these are early hours, it is perhaps wise not to make too many predictions about what the day after this latest round of attacks on Iran will look like. As of the writing of this article, we know two things: the spate of attacks and counterattacks, and confirmation from Iranian…

Factum Perspectives: Sovereignty on Sale: Trump, Greenland, and the Unmasking of Superpower Ambition

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsFebruary 1, 2026327Views 1Like 0Comments

By Zeenath Ayub In the 21st century, a global landscape seemingly long removed from the era of imperialist expansion has been jolted by a sudden revival of old-world territorial ambitions. This shift was brought into sharp focus by the explicit interest of US President Donald Trump in the Arctic island of Greenland – a move that challenged modern…

Factum Perspective: When Conflict Becomes Routine: Structural Complacency in South Asia

History and Culture, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 18, 2026469Views 2Likes 0Comments

Written by Tarun Perera South Asia is routinely portrayed as one of the world’s most unstable regions, due to it being the location of nuclear rivalry, a hotspot for radicalized militant groups, and a geopolitical landscape where some of the most intractable territorial disputes in modern international politics remain unresolved. Despite the frequent escalation dynamics and internal…

Factum Perspective: When Caracas Echoes in Taipei

Belt Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Policy, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 11, 2026243Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Gargi Wickramasinghe Shockwaves rippled across Caracas, when news broke of Operation Absolute Resolve. But the tremor did not stay there. It began travelling outward, across the Caribbean and the Pacific until it hit perhaps the most precarious geopolitical fault line in our region: the Taiwan Strait. The United States had demonstrated in the starkest possible way, that when it believes its strategic interests are at stake, it will act unilaterally, without waiting…

Factum Special Perspective: Venezuela Shows Us What Comes Next

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 9, 2026223Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Gargi Wickramasinghe In the morning after the removal of Venezuela’s disgraced President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. special forces, an emotional Chavista woman protesting in the streets of Caracas was filmed saying: “Stay alert because they are not coming for us. They are coming for our oil - and they are coming for you too.” Her warning carried the weight of history: “Understand this -what they want…

Factum Special Perspective: U.S. Actions Signal End of Rules Based Order

Peace and ConflictJanuary 8, 2026326Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Dinouk Colombage If the U.S. can justify the military intervention and deposition of Venezuela’s President, citing national security concerns, then Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine under a similar concern now stands validated. When U.S. President Donald Trump deployed a naval blockade on Venezuela in December 2024, few would have imagined that in less than…

Factum Special Perspective: Venezuela and the Future of the BRI in Latin America

Belt Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Policy, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 6, 2026536Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Shiran Illanperuma For Venezuelans, the new year began with the US illegally bombing its civilian infrastructure and kidnapping democratically elected President Nicholas Maduro and First Lady Cillian Flores. Hours before the attack, President Maduro met with a Chinese delegation sent by President Xi Jinping. This delegation included Special Envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean Qiu Xiaoqi, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Latin…

Factum Perspective: Why Venezuela matters to the Global South

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 4, 2026346Views 0Likes 0Comments

By J. Abeywickrema Who rules when rules disappear? A single man and a small circle of his closest aides, unknown even to the House of Congress, took it upon themselves to attack a sovereign nation, seize its Head of State and assume control over its administration; and the world is apparently expected to accept this as normal. At a carefully choreographed post event media appearance, US President Donald…

Factum Perspective: The Clash of Civilisations and New Identity Conflicts in Global Politics

History and Culture, Peace and ConflictOctober 26, 2025783Views 0Likes 0Comments

Written By M.Kasun Sankalpa The current world is marked by a series of long-standing and destructive conflicts that threaten to reshape the global balance of power. Examples include the Israel–Palestine conflict in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine in Eastern Europe, and the border tensions between India and Pakistan in South Asia. Each of…

Factum Perspective: How a Colonial Scar Is Driving Afghanistan and Pakistan to War

History and Culture, International Development, Peace and ConflictOctober 19, 2025686Views 3Likes 0Comments

By Uthpala Wijesooriya The night sky over Kabul on October 9, 2025, was torn apart by explosions. The unacknowledged airstrikes, which Islamabad later framed as a counter-terrorism operation targeting the leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were a shocking escalation. For the first time, a regional power had struck the Afghan capital. The Taliban’s response…

Factum Perspective: The Bait-and-Switch of Palestinian Statehood

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsOctober 5, 2025486Views 0Likes 0Comments

by Saritha Irugalbandara On 21 September, 108 years since the United Kingdom (UK) issued the Balfour Declaration in support of establishing a Jewish ‘homeland’ within Palestine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK officially recognises the State of Palestine. The announcement came ahead of the 88th session of the United Nations General Assembly and…

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.…