Indian Ocean
China, Russia, Iran ‘plan joint naval drill in international waters’
Iranian news outlet quotes military official as saying exercise will be held soon, but Chinese media silent on reported manoeuvres
By Zhuang Pinghui
21 Sep, 2019
China, Russia...
The US Is Pressuring Sri Lanka’s “Deep State” To Capitulate And...
by Andrew Korybko
2019-08-28
The US is threatening to use economic means to pressure Sri Lanka’s “deep state” into reversing its decision to appoint Shavendra...
Semiotics Of A Crime: ‘Pivot To Asia’ & A Call To...
By Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake
June 14, 2019
“Because the Indian Ocean is sort of the world’s energy interstate and China will have a maritime presence, perhaps even a...
US eyes Sri Lanka as its military logistics hub
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
Posted on July 3, 2019
The Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on 21st April in which 259 people were killed...
Chagos and the Dark Soul of the British Labour Party
Even if you think you know all about the Chagos story – an entire population forcibly removed from their island homeland at British gunpoint...
UN court rejects UK’s claim of sovereignty over Chagos Islands
Judges advise Britain that separating archipelago from Mauritius in 1960s was wrong
25 Feb 2019
The UK has been ordered to hand back the Chagos Islands...
UK used secret threats to keep Chagos Islands, court hears
Mauritius defence minister claims UK forced it to cede territory before independence
3 Sep. 2018
The UK has retained possession of a remote archipelago in the...
The truth about Diego Garcia
And 50 years of fiction about an American military base
by David Vine,
15 June 2015
First, they tried to shoot the dogs. Next, they tried...
Mauritius ruling a ‘tool’ for Cyprus on UK bases
February 25, 2019
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the status of the Chagos Islands (all times local):
9:10 p.m.
Cyprus’ attorney general says a...
US military logistics hub in Sri Lanka: duplicity and doublespeak
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
While Sri Lankan politicians were distracted by apower struggle between the president and prime minister in December, the world’s superpower pulled off...