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Opinion

US/Israel-Iran war comes to Sri Lanka’s waters

By Col R Hariharan Nobody among the 74 nations, who participated in the largest edition of the Indian Navy’s multilateral naval Exercise MILAN...

History has a peculiar way of repeating itself; sometimes as tragedy, sometimes as warning. Four years later, Sri Lanka appears to be drifting toward a familiar pattern. This time the problem is not the absence of foreign exchange reserves. On paper, the country now possesses enough cash to pay for essential imports such as fuel, coal, gas and medicine
Politics

Distant war, familiar crisis: Sri Lanka’s next biggest test

By Vox Civis For a small island nation that sits far from the deserts of the Middle East, Sri Lanka has an uncanny...

Opinion

Bringing Easter Sunday Attack case to a closure

By Col R Hariharan Will the arrest of Sri Lanka’s former intelligence chief Major General Suresh Salley in the last week of the...

Opinion

Great Satan, AKD’s failure, PC roadblock, Easter massacre, and rising Reds

By Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka The upside of an enforced, unplugged existence and involuntary time-out, is that you get to see things more clearly...

News Feature

Middle East conflict heats up Sri Lanka’s political landscape

Sajith urges Govt. to denounce act of aggression in violation of international law while former Presidents MR and RW as well as FSP...

Politics

Enter the Oligarchs: Sri Lanka’s new face of crony capitalism

By Vox Civis It was the late J. R. Jayewardene who once observed with characteristic cynicism, that socialism tends to last only until...

Opinion

Elections and info disorders: Sri Lanka’s experience holds global significance

By Buddhika Samaraweera Sri Lanka’s 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections took place in an information environment that, at first glance, appeared familiar. Social...

Politics

Playing with power: Is coal the new ‘bond’ moment?

By Vox Civis In the past few weeks, Sri Lanka’s simmering concerns over coal procurement have erupted into a full-blown political firestorm. What...