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…
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…
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…
By Gobinath Ponnuthurai
Episode 1: The Minority Mandate – Why 25% is Not a Democracy
In the lexicon of modern political science, “democracy” is often used as a binary—a state either is…
By Verangika Upananda
Sri Lanka’s climate strategy, historically weighted toward mitigation, can no longer afford to treat adaptation as secondary. For years, Sri Lanka’s climate narrative has centred on reducing…
Written by Eng. Plnr. Ananda Gamage
Sri Lanka has endured a relentless series of climate-driven disasters over the past decade, floods that submerged entire towns, landslides that swept away villages and homes, cyclones…
When Politics Turns PersonalDownload
Cricket is portrayed as a gentleman’s game with a vision to ensure sportsmanship as the eventual winner. Incidents have occurred over the years in the game of bat and ball,…
By Verangika Upananda
Sri Lanka’s national commitment to generate 70% of its power from renewable sources by 2030 stands as one of the region’s most ambitious policy goals. It reflects both a…
By Jayson Cainglet
When U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the world stage at the 47th ASEAN Summit in October, his message was loud and clear: America is open for business—but only…
By Gerard Dinith Mendis
“With rare exceptions, all of the most important achievements will come from working with others, or, in better words, in service to others.” — Paul…
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…