The flagrant violation of diplomatic norms and general decency has been flouted by nations boasting to be ‘civilized’. Steered by America, contrived behind the scenes by Britain and assisted on ground by India there is a little doubt that a …

We are a little confused. Are all laws to be bent for the American Government and all Americans declared immune from international jurisprudence? Can the American Government do and say what they like but others are forbidden to do the …

The World Bank Group’s Worldwide Governance Indicators are: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. The defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Sri Lankan Presidential elections on …

Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka

“In the face of such blatant external tilting by the US-UK and our gargantuan neighbor, to one community on this island, who is there to speak for the majority community? Certainly not our new government which …

Senaka Weeraratna, Attorney – at – Law

Sri Lanka’s Constitution must be connected to its heritage and history.   It is a national shame for a country that proudly boasts of a 2, 500 year old history and had won the …

For India and Sri Lanka, the presence of China and the fall of Rajapaksa mean that the relationships have to be recalibrated.

Nowhere in South Asia has democracy been so unpredictable as in Sri Lanka. Six weeks before the election …

J.R.Jayewaradane will sigh a relief and break into a wry smile if he finds his constitution is dislodged. As it is, he may have to live with it – a life after death. Shove altogether now, but presidency keeps bobbing …

By Izeth Hussain

(Courtesy of The Island)

The situation on the ethnic front seems to be very confused, but we can be certain, absolutely certain, on one point: the solution to the Tamil ethnic problem stares us in the …

By Sarojini Dutt

Reportedly hatching plans behind embassy walls, the US – Indian axis executed a major coup in South Asia when it dented China’s influence in the region with the defeat of the Rajapakse Presidency in Sri Lanka on …

What the international experts say (5)

(Courtesy of The Island)

Desmond de Silva QC

Finally, the government was alleged to have deprived civilians in the conflict zone from receiving necessary humanitarian aid.  This allegation is based on the fact that …