Opinion
The founders return at 250
By Milinda Moragoda The coming months could bring South Asia and the wider on a humid June evening in Washington, five elderly gentlemen...
Uncle Sam @ 250: The enduring land of opportunity
By Dinesh Weerakkody On 4 July 2026, the United States (US) commemorates a remarkable milestone: 250 years as a constitutional republic. For Sri...
How India and Japan can together navigate US’ shifting Indo-Pacific strategy
By Milinda Moragoda The debate surrounding the United States’ (US) decision to revert from “Indo-Pacific Command” to “Pacific Command” has generated considerable speculation....
Restoring the Uva railway
By Rohan Samarajiva It’s almost eight months since Ditwah hit. It will be another five or six months before it will be possible...
Market access, not aid, is the foreign currency for Sri Lanka
By Dinesh Weerakkody With persistent volatility in the Sri Lankan rupee, constrained sovereign credit ratings, a significant external debt burden, and ongoing repayment...
LNG in Sri Lanka: Time for a new business model
Moving beyond government-funded infrastructure By Prof. Udayanga Hemapala Sri Lanka’s energy transition is usually discussed in terms of renewable energy, battery storage, transmission...
Power politics in the age of AI
By Milinda Moragoda The global order is entering a harder-edged phase of realism, in which power increasingly rests on the ability to compel...
The man who brought the state to the village
Remembering President Ranasinghe Premadasa on his 102nd birth anniversary By Prasanna Perera On June 23, 1924, a child was born in Dias Place,...
