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My exploration of foreign-funded projects, and what can be their corrosively corrupting effect, was interrupted when I was asked to deliver some remarks on a recent publication on ‘Foreign Policy Perspectives for Sri Lanka in 2020.’ This timely publication has..

Like it or not, India has to accept some ground realities. We do not doubt that India can be a great nation capable of more greatness. We do not doubt India is a nation rich in resources and human assets…

On Wednesday, the last German soldiers flew out of Afghanistan. This marked the end of the biggest and longest deployment of the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) to date. Bundeswehr soldiers from Camp Marmal on patrol (Image: ISAF / CC BY-SA 2.0)..

Asoka Weeraratna (circa 1956) (1918 – 1999) Not too many people have taken Buddhism beyond the island’s shores, but late Asoka Weeraratna is heralded for his role in pioneering the first Buddhist Mission to Germany (1957). He also founded the German..

BBC Channel 4 produced several documentary films on the subject of the Killing fields in Sri Lanka. The first Channel Four Sri Lanka killing fields” documentary was broadcast on 14.6.2011 second on 14.3.2012 during the 19th session of the UNHRC in..

It is often said that a thief shouts ‘thief’ to divert attention from himself the real rogue so that everyone runs after the wrong person, is this the strategy deployed by both Canada & Tamil Eelam promoters? Case of bad..

Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar, vice chief of India’s naval staff, told Asia News International on June 17 that the China-funded Colombo Port City (CPC) project in Sri Lanka “could pose a threat” to Indian interests in the region.  “When..

Canada is quietly emerging as a popular tax haven for the global elite, who create shell companies with figurehead directors to evade or avoid taxes, a Toronto Star/CBC-Radio Canada investigation has found. “Canada is a good place to create tax..

In April 1984 Nicaragua referred the US Government to the International Court of Justice claiming the US violated international law by supporting the Contras. The ICJ ruled in favor of Nicaragua in 1986 & demanded reparations be paid to Nicaragua…

The new anti-terror law adopted by Switzerland last weekend is one of the harshest police laws in all of Europe. Its adoption in a referendum highlights the urgency of building a genuine workers’ party in Switzerland that defends as a..