Year: 2026
Humanity before geopolitics: Sri Lanka’s rescue decision and spirit of non-alignment
By P.M. Amza Sri Lanka’s decision to provide humanitarian assistance to Iranian naval personnel following the recent maritime incident in the Indian Ocean...
Realism in the Indian Ocean
By Milinda Moragoda The reported sinking of an Iranian frigate by a United States submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka — and...
A war that’s both far and near: Understanding and adjusting
By Rohan Samarajiva “I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low dishonest decade:Waves of...
Cyclone Ditwah: More than 3,000 survivors await relief
By Methmalie Dissanayake Three months after Cyclone Ditwah triggered devastating floods and landslides across Sri Lanka, thousands of families remain displaced, with many...
A profound geopolitical dilemma
The torpedoing of an Iranian naval vessel in the waters off Sri Lanka has thrust the island into a geopolitical storm not of...
China foreign minister blasts Middle East war, urges US to manage ties
China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with...
The paradox of Victor Ivan
From revolutionary to journalist: Political enigma By Lionel Bopage A year after Victor Ivan’s passing, the contradictions that defined him still feel alive....
Between crossfire and crossroads: Test of prudence in a dangerous world
By Vox Civis The other day Cabinet Spokesman Nalinda Jayatissa made what he described as a plea to the political class and the...
US pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian crew and survivors from sunken ship, memo says
The United States is pressing Sri Lanka’s government not to repatriate the survivors from the Iranian warship it sank this week, as well...
International Women’s Day: Eight actions for a more equal world
By the Secretary General of the UN Over nearly a decade leading the United Nations, I have seen our world repeatedly tested –...
