By Vinod Moonesinghe
With the expansion of proselytizing Christian empires in the centuries before the second millennium, Christianity became a world religion.
As Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta said,
"When the missionaries…
By Chandani Kirinde
What prompted the US government to put in place a “Buddhist policy” in Southeast Asia during the Cold War and how successful were these clandestine efforts at…
By Kasun Thilina Kariyawasam
A total of USD 1,737.2 billion has been invested in the sovereign debt of emerging markets over the last 12 years. As a result of the…
By P. K. Balachandran
In a sharp turn towards authoritarianism and archaic religiosity, Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass, later in December, a new Criminal Code that will extend the…
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…