By Shiran Illanperuma
Recent geopolitical and economic developments disrupting the US-led unipolar world order have renewed debate on the concept of imperialism.
In the post-war period, the term was politically…
By Sunil Abhayawardhane
While delivering his budget speech in parliament, President Ranil Wickremesinghe asked perhaps the most important question he could have: “Where did we go wrong?”
President Wickremesinghe asked…
By P. K. Balachandran
Set up in 1997, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is an inter-governmental organization aimed at strengthening regional cooperation and sustainable development in the Indian Ocean…
By Vinod Moonesinghe
The history of Palestine is fraught with controversy, obscured by religion. Emigration and conversion to Christianity and Islam reduced the Jewish population: by the 1516 Ottoman Conquest,…
By Rathindra Kuruwita
China changed its Constitution in 2018, abolishing term limits on the only top position it had limits on, the presidency. Following this move, certain commentators have been…
By Uditha Devapriya
The Sri Lankan government has tasked the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute to conduct a review of the country’s foreign relations. While officials have not yet come out with…
Cartoon by Awantha Artigala
By Uditha Devapriya
Though he lacks a popular mandate and the Opposition, plus some in his own party, are calling for an election, Rishi Sunak has forged…
Statue of Alâeddin Keykûbad / Wikimedia Commons
By Vinod Moonesinghe
The country we now know as Türkiye has a long history, holding within its borders the remains of the world’s first…
By P. K. Balachandran
On the face of it, opting for “strategic autonomy” in a multi-polar world makes sense. It releases a country from the shackles of pre-existing alliances and…
Malwatu Oya Soya / Courtesy FilmFreeway
By Uditha Devapriya
The Malwatu Oya is most important and the most historic of the rivers in Sri Lanka. Its history is woven into the…
By Zeenath Ayub
The Sri Lankan men’s cricket team clinched a win at their first warm-up match against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup 2022 early this week, ahead of…
By Sanja de Silva Jayatilleka
On the 6th of October 2022, a resolution on Sri Lanka was adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, by a vote…