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The Amarasuriya Return

“Here I have shaken down a money tree. Now come and collect what you can…” S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike uttered these words at a public rally held to s…

Africa’s Next War Could Become a Global Crisis

The warning comes as tensions between the Ethiopian Government’s National Defense Force (ENDF) and the ethno-nationalist Tigray’s Liberation Fro…

Who Owns Occupied Land?

“The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.” — Dag Hammarskjöld Colombia’s decision t…

Can Carbon Credits End Climate Inequality?

Climate action must begin where its consequences are most immediate: within communities, among farming families, women, young people and others…

TikTok Pays $400 Million to Settle US Child Privacy Case

TikTok and ByteDance have agreed to pay $400 million to settle a dispute with the US Justice Department over the protection of children’s data,…

Germany and Four EU States Eye Rwanda Deportation Hubs

Germany and four other European Union member states are negotiating with Rwanda over the establishment of centres for rejected asylum seekers, a…

Can the World Survive Putin’s Well Intentioned Mistake?

Recently on Canadian Prepper, Nate and I discussed the dangers in Putin’s patience with an ever-widening war and the puzzle that Putin prefers t…

Balochistan Is More Than Its Militants

Assessing Balochistan almost entirely through security incidents tends to warp the real picture. It can make it feel like one of Pakistan’s most…

Cheap Labour Is No Longer Enough for Pakistan

Pakistan’s textile and garment industry is entering a period in which competitiveness will depend on more than low production costs and manufact…

Putin’s Kuril Gambit: Is Russia Warning Japan?

Russia’s decision to summon the Japanese ambassador has brought a 150-year-old territorial dispute back into sharp focus, underscoring the strat…

China’s Robotic Fortresses Could Rewrite South China Sea Defence

The contested islands of the South China Sea could one day become autonomous defensive strongholds, protected not primarily by soldiers but by c…

China’s Tax Crackdown Closes the Wealthy’s Grey Zones

For years, offshore trusts offered China’s wealthiest individuals a sophisticated way to protect assets, plan succession and, in some cases, red…

Is Sri Lanka’s Aviation in Peril?

The Concern I recently received a message from a concerned traveller who regularly uses Sri Lankan Airlines

The Madman in the Casa Rosada

The truth is that I had promised myself I would avoid the temptation to analyze the statements and behavior of Argentina’s President Milei. The…

Trump deputes Vance to reach out to Modi

The telephone call from the US Vice-President JD Vance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 8 came as a surprise. Neither the American nor…

US Antisemitism Envoy Puts Sri Lanka on Notice

US Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, has urged Sri Lankan authorities to ensure the safety…

How US Military Research Helped Power China’s Robot Dog Boom

China’s Unitree Robotics has become one of the world’s biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots, but some of the technology behind its…

Venezuela’s 31 Tonnes of Gold Become Bargaining Chip in Power Talks

More than 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold held at the Bank of England could become a crucial bargaining tool in negotiations between the Venezuelan…