Friday, 22 November , 2024

Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka’s parliamentary crisis and Western ‘concern’ for democracy

Sri Lanka’s legislature has been in disarray since 26th Oct. when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked his prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, replacing him with his...

Titlos Lettre de Colombo

Par Jean Pierre Page Cet article ci dessous est à l’image de la campagne internationale  des médias et de l’ingérence systématique des gouvernements occidentaux en...

Sri Lanka: «rétablir» la vérité !

Par Jean-Pierre Page 10 novembre2018 « Ce sont les masses qui font l’histoire » Karl Marx « Rien n’est absolu, tout est changement, tout est mouvement, tout est révolution, tout...

The West is upset about Sri Lanka, but not about democracy

Prevailing media narrative does not reveal the internal tensions and external pressures that saw former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe sacked -New leader Mahinda Rajapakse’s budget,...

“Security cooperation” in the Indian Ocean: Does it make sense?

By Lasanda Kurukulasuriiya International conferenceson maritime affairs in the Indian Ocean region have seen a spike in recent times. Sri Lanka has invariably figured in...

Sri Lanka in the cross-currents of shifting power alignments in the...

By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The Indian Ocean has been the focus of frequent and intense diplomatic activity in the past few years. These interactions have had...

Return of the Peace Corps: Another dimension of US penetration of...

By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The available information on the return of the US Peace Corps (USPC) to Sri Lanka on the stated mission of ‘English language...

US quits Human Rights Council wearing the emperor’s new clothes

By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya The US quit the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday (19th June) with rhetoric intended to assert the moral high-ground, slamming the...

Sri Lanka, Independent Republic to Vassal State

By Tamara Kunanayakam former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva April 3, 2018 The question repeatedly asked of me, a major preoccupation of...

Sri Lanka, tension alarmante, les Etats-Unis à la manœuvre !

Par Jean-Pierre Page Les évènements tragiques intervenus ces derniers jours à Ampara dans le sud-est du pays et surtout à Kandy, l’ancienne capitale historique de...