Sri Lanka
“Only the Will of the People is Legitimate” Tamara Kunanayakam
Tamara Kunanayakam, Economist & Former Chairperson of UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development
Western intervention in Sri Lanka’s Political Order
Eliya Briefing. Colombo,
30 October 2018
I will express myself on theexternal intervention in Sri Lanka’s political order in the present context andfar-reaching consequences for its...
“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...
A worldwide attack on popular/national sovereignty: the case of Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan sovereignty, non negotiable!
An intellectually inspired Sri Lanka
Viyathmaga Workshop on International Relations
Colombo, 13 May 2018
by Tamara Kunanayakam
Sri Lankan sovereignty, its supremacy in domestic...
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...
Facebook scandal: the US habit of meddling in other people’s elections...
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
When the Sri Lankan government temporarily blocked Facebook and some other social media platforms in a bid to control the spread of...
Former PR in Geneva warns Lanka at the mercy of UN-US...
Tamara Kunanayakam
March 13, 2018
Given that we find ourselves today standing at a pivotal crossroads in our nation’s history, I would like to begin and...