Indian Ocean
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...
Preparing Wars everywhere: The case of Maldives
Amid growing great power rivalry
Maldives political crisis deepens
By Rohantha De Silva
23 February 2018
The ongoing political crisis in the Maldives has thrown into...
Is Sri Lanka being used by big powers in making the...
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
The Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) organised by the India Foundation and held at the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's official residence 'Temple Trees'...