Indian Ocean
Navigating the geopolitics of hydrography: Sri Lanka’s dilemma
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya*
Oct 18, 2025
In 2023 a Chinese geophysical research ship named ‘Shi Yan 6’ heading for the Port of Colombo, caused a furore,...
Trump and Netanyahu ready to bomb Iran. Trump pretends as usual...
Satellite Photo Shows US Fighters and Bombers at Key Base for Iran
By Amira El-Fekki, Middle East Reporter
Jun 11, 2025
New satellite imagery reveals a significant...
Sri Lanka, Marxist or not Marxist?
Sri Lanka, Marxist or not Marxist?
« Il faut que tout change pour que rien ne change ! »
Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa
By Jean-Pierre Page
Récemment, la presse internationale...
Sri Lanka’s energy crisis and the geopolitics of Jaishankar, Nuland visits
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
Visits to Sri Lanka by two top foreign officials took place within a fortnight, recently. The optics of these tightly choreographed events...
Israel Gives Ukraine Intelligence on Iran via NATO
NATO sources tell 'Haaretz' some of the intel is on the Iranian drones plaguing Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure
By Yossi Melman
Dec 15, 2022
Israel has stepped...
Maïdan, bis repetita au Sri Lanka ?
par Jean-Pierre Page
Pour avoir vécu une quinzaine d'années au Sri Lanka, je pense connaître un peu ce pays dont Octave Mirbeau disait "qu'il était...
Au sujet du Sri Lanka
par Jean - Pierre Page
Cette mise au point que je veux faire ici ne saurait signifier de ma part un quelconque soutien au président...
NATO to Engage in Asia-Pacific to Counter China
Australia to work with NATO Strategic Command Centre on disinformation
By Victoria Kelly-Clark*
Apr. 7, 2022
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has announced that it will...
Amid pressures from Quad, China discusses military ties with Sri Lanka
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
With the Indian Ocean increasingly becoming a locus of big power contestation, the recent two-day visit to Sri Lanka by Chinese Defence...
US’s Indian Ocean proxy war: Sri Lanka, Maldives in the crosshairs
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
Apr.3, 2021
Maldivian parliamentarians have been up in arms since the government’s signing of a defence agreement with India in February which, according...