South Asia
How will the US counter China?
Would a Joe Biden administration relieve pressure on China, with less antagonism? Though the rhetoric may be softened, the main thrust of US policy,...
Pakistan: Covid patients die due to oxygen shortage in Peshawar
Dec. 7, 2020
Six coronavirus patients have died in a hospital in Pakistan after oxygen supplies ran too low.
Patients' relatives have described how they...
Modi has Hitler’s mindset, says Imran Khan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi has the mindset of Adolf Hitler, the late German dictator and...
UK should tilt foreign policy to Indo-Pacific region, report says
Thinktank urges UK to build democratic counterweight to China’s growing influence
By Patrick Wintour
22 Nov 2020
The UK should make a major post-Brexit tilt towards the...
One Hundred Years of the Communist Movement in India
September 1, 2020
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On 17 October 2020, the Indian communist movement looks back on a century of courageous resistance against tyranny, oppression, and...
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...