South Asia
Can Sri Lanka be ‘neutral’ with an ‘India first’ policy?
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
In several interviews after his recent appointment as Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, Adm. (Retd.) Jayanath Colombage has sought to explain the...
Can Russia prevent China and India taking up arms against each...
By Andrey Akulov *
Jul 5, 2020
The recent events at the India-China border have moved into the global media spotlight, with the two countries’ militaries...
At Least 20 Indian Soldiers Killed in Ladakh Skirmish With China,...
16.06.2020
Earlier in the day, the Indian Army said in a statement that one officer and two soldiers from India were killed during clashes...
Sri Lanka cardinal seeks UN probe on China’s Coronavirus
March 15, 2020
The head of Sri Lanka’s Roman Catholic Church Sunday alleged that the highly contagious Coronavirus may be man-made and wanted those responsible...
Sri Lanka’s Millennium Challenge Compact and the US ‘Pivot to Asia’
By LasandaKurukulasuriya
During the run-up to Sri Lanka’s November presidential election there was widespread agitation against attempts to rush the signing of a compact with...
India is steadily creeping from democracy to some form of thugocracy
by Pranab Bardhan
Jan 18, 2020 Indian Express
Contrary to expectation in many quarters five years back, the current regime has proved itself rather inept...
How the Indian Government Watched Delhi Burn
By Samanth Subramanian
February 27, 2020
Two things happened in Delhi on Tuesday, and the gulf between them illustrated India’s wild, alarming swerve from normalcy. At...
Modi-Government Quietly Working To Revoke The Indus Water Treaty With Pakistan...
February 4, 2020
After the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi-Government has accelerated efforts to breach the Indus Water Treaty (IWT)...
Israel – India – Brazil: The Black International
Along with US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, Modi is part of Netanyahu's election campaign to showcase his close relationships with...
Gandhi’s death anniversary galvanises India’s anti-CAA protesters
As demonstrators mark martyrdom of iconic freedom fighter by holding protests, many accuse BJP of doublespeak on Gandhi.
by Bilal Kuchay
31 Jan 2020
New Delhi, India...