( The Daily News )

By Malinda Senewirathne 

I am a noun.  Check your online dictionary and you’ll find that I am a useful noun.  Indeed, I am a necessary noun in these times of arrogance and aggression and not just originating from verbal (meaning …

The topic was ‘India under Modi: Relevance for the Region and the World’, organized by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies and held at the BMICH moderated by former foreign secretary HMGS Palihakkara. Introducing the panelists was Mr. Sunimal Fernando, …

Mega millions has been disbursed to the bank accounts of organizations set up to deliver ‘democracy’ and ‘human rights’ to ‘undemocratic’ nations. These NGOs set up have an explicit object and it has nothing to do with human rights to …

By S Akurugoda

It is learnt from media reports that the Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, arrived in Sri Lanka with a delegation of officials.  According to the reports, Ramaphosa has been appointed South African President Jacob Zuma’s …

History is written by the winners, this is well known.  In other words, chronicling is an exercise that is framed by power realities.  Those who win and those who wield power frequently bend the story in ways that glorify them.  …

Over 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the past ten days.  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue ‘Operation Protective Edge’.  The UN’s top human rights official, Navi Pillay says that the Israeli action ‘may …

When the West was in the stoneage, a civilization was flourishing in India and a Buddhist university prevailed in Nalanda, India. Just two examples of life before Christian colonials and Islamic invaders arrived to take over nations following a common …

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American military and corporate power have triumphed over all rivals—so why does the United States still struggle to impose its will on the world?

For America’s national security state, this is the age of impunity. Nothing it does—torture, …