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As Chair of MCC & US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo...
Mike Pompeo is arriving amidst a sudden & unexpected covid surge in Sri Lanka and coming from two of the worst covid-hit countries. He...
Dual Citizenship and Amendments to the Constitution – An Open Letter...
Dear Parliamentarians,
We urge you to refrain from voting for any Amendment to the Constitution that would permit foreign citizens to enter Sri Lanka’s Parliament...
With Covid-19 Under Control, China’s Economy Surges Ahead
Exports jumped and local governments engaged in a binge of debt-fueled construction projects. Even consumer spending is finally recovering.
By Keith Bradsher
Oct. 18, 2020
BEIJING —...
COVID and the trade-off
By Michael Roberts
October 22, 2020
Last April, as the coronavirus pandemic took off, I ventured into an analysis of its health and economic impact. As...
Trump less trusted across advanced economies than China’s President Xi
The US was also perceived as handling the Covid crisis worse than China has
By DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Negative perceptions of China have...
Beijing urges Asian nations to unite against Washington’s ‘old-fashioned cold war...
13 Oct, 2020
China’s top diplomat has urged neighboring states to guard against Washington’s geopolitical ambitions in Asia and called for regional cooperation to thwart...
Pope denies audience with Pompeo; Vatican warns against playing politics over...
By Philip Pullella
September 30, 2020
ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Wednesday it had denied a request from Mike Pompeo for an audience with...
Greenland Succumbs
by Robert Hunziker
August 19, 2020
Since the turn of the new century, every aspect of climate change has gone ballistic, up, up, and away, not...
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...
A pandemic of bad science
By Walter Scheirer
Jul 20, 2020
ABSTRACT
What can epidemiological models tell us about our potential exposure to COVID-19? What progress is being made with regard to...