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Factum Perspective: Ukraine – A lone democracy fighting a nuclear state

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsFebruary 27, 2022595Views 0Likes 0Comments

By: Dr Ranga Kalansooriya and Omar Rajarathnam As of yesterday, nuclear state Russia for the third day bombarded sovereign and less powerful state Ukraine. The powerful Western democracies and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) states who vowed to stand with Ukraine are standing, not the way Ukraine and its people expected, but by issuing…

Factum Perspective: PTA Repeal or amend? Sri Lanka’s dilemma on anti-terror laws

Peace and ConflictFebruary 19, 2022553Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Jagath Liyana Arachchi and Lakna Paranamanna In a bid to appease the international community, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris tabled the amendments to the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) the past week[1]; a move rejected by multiple international organisations including the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) as ‘woefully inadequate’[2]. Why has the…

Factum Perspective: Russia vs. Ukraine: New Avatar of the Cold War

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 29, 2022737Views 0Likes 0Comments

By M.S.M.Ayub Tensions between Russia and its neighbor Ukraine is not a manifestation of a clash between the security interests of the two nations. It is indeed the current avatar of the old Cold War that many believe had ceased after the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Is there a danger of Russia invading…

Factum Perspective: U.S.-Russia conflict over Ukraine unnecessary

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsJanuary 24, 2022617Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Chamara Sumanapala The media has given credence to U.S. government speculation that Russia is looking to violate Ukraine’s sovereign borders. Western sanctions will be a factor in deterring such action and Russia has several advantages in turning the heat up on the issue for various interests. One thing almost certain, it is unlikely…

Factum Perspective – China still Myanmar’s game changer

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsDecember 29, 2021619Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Dr Ranga Kalansooriya A makeshift hospital of PDF in the fighting areas Aerial bombings, burning civilian villages and mass killings have now become a common feature in Junta-led Myanmar, mainly in the areas what pro-democratic forces call as ‘Liberated Areas.’ Air strikes by Myanmar military have intensified for the past few weeks near the Myanmar-Thailand…

Factum Perspective – Will Pakistan-Sri Lanka ties survive Sialkot killing?

Maritime Security, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsDecember 20, 2021559Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Kamran Rehmat - Islamabad The ghastly lynching of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan manager at the Rajco textile factory in Silakot, which reportedly supplied the kits for the Pakistan cricket team at the recently concluded T20 World Cup, sent tremors across Sri Lanka and Pakistan. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Imran Khan…

Factum Perspective – Killing of Sri Lankan in Pakistan – Leaders must deliver on citizen calls for justice

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsDecember 5, 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

By Arjuna Ranawana A Sri Lankan General Manager of a leading garment manufacturer in the city of Sialkot in Pakistan’s industrial heartland has been lynched and his remains burned. Prime Minister Imran Khan termed the incident a ‘’shame’’ to his nation. Priyantha Kumara, the victim, was in his forties and had been in Pakistan…

Factum Perspective – Can the West make a difference in Afghanistan

Belt Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Policy, Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsNovember 19, 2021627Views 0Likes 0Comments

The return of the Taliban & the future of Afghanistan, Can the west make a difference? By Rathindra Kuruwita and Rikaza Hassan The fate of Afghanistan is still up for grabs by the west, but the clock is ticking … fast. The international community watched with a mix of shock, horror and awe as…

Factum Perspective – Has cricket prevented Asia’s nuclear war?

Peace and ConflictNovember 7, 2021587Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Vindana Ariyawansa For centuries, competitive sports have been an integral part of human life and society. The evolution of professional sports has paved way for the lucrative club culture in football and basketball. In Cricket, the second most widely played game in the world, matches between countries are most popular and have carry political…

Factum Perspective: Taliban choking on its own fruit

Peace and ConflictOctober 31, 2021568Views 0Likes 0Comments

By M.S.M Ayub Caption - A member of the Taliban walks passed defaced images of women Taliban which captured power in Afghanistan on August 15 after 26 years of fighting from the caves and sacrificing thousands of their cadres maybe thinking what a cakewalk that was in comparison to the governance challenges it has faced…

Factum Perspective: Emotional intelligence in strategic policy articulation

Peace and Conflict, Regional GeopoliticsSeptember 13, 2021788Views 0Likes 0Comments

J R Jayewardene and the Treat of Peace for Japan By Karu Paranawithana Caption – J.R. Jayawardene addresses the San Francisco Conference September post-1951 is an important month in Japan-Sri Lanka relations. Why? On 6 September this year (2021) Japan celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, an outcome…

Factum Perspective: Myanmar declares war against own military

Peace and ConflictSeptember 7, 2021647Views 0Likes 0Comments

By Dr Ranga Kalansooriya The D-Day announcement by the Acting-President of Myanmar’s underground National Unity Government (NUG) Duwa Lashi La today, September 7 officially declared a protracted civil war in the Southeast Asian nation. The development is expected to take the shape of a nation-wide hide-and-seek guerilla warfare over the coming years. The head…