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Raj Gonsalkorale
Trump bowing out; Opportunity for Australia to mend fences with China?
The rest of the world has no choice as to who sits in the White House. However, even if that person sneezes or coughs, the effect reverberates throughout the world. Stock markets can go up and down a…
Raj Gonsalkorale
Sri Lanka: Open letter to the Minister of Justice Ali Sabry
Is there a secret agenda behind indifference to land management policy reform in Sri Lanka? by Raj Gonsalkorale Dear Minister Many eminent lawyers and even more concerned citizens have written on t…
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India offers two aircrafts and ship to Sri Lanka for maritime surveillance
In last September India gifted one Dornier Do 228 aircraft to the Maldives by Our Defence Correspondent National Security Advisor of India, Ajit Doval who is now in Sri Lanka on an official visit…
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Yet Another Iranian Scientist assassinated near Tehran
Prominent Iranian physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated in a terrorist attack near the capital Tehran. The Fars news agency reported that he had been targeted on Friday in a multi-pronge…
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Thanksgiving 2020
What if the frequent public displays of adversity between Republicans and Democrats are just a facade? What if both major political parties agree on the transcendental issues of our day? by Andrew P.…
Victor Ivan
Sri Lanka: What went wrong with Ranil?
Bandaranaike left the UNP as he believed that he would not stand a chance to be the leader of the party, no matter how qualified he was. Following the assassination of Bandaranaike, his widow took th…
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Lalith: A true leader
Lalith’s enduring mission was to provide facilities for our young men and women with high ideals and higher hopes emerging each year on the threshold of life with no hope of assistance, falling back …
World View
RCEP, CPTPP and the Asian Century - A Chinese View
The action in today's world is in the Asia-Pacific, but on the shores of the Potomac the eyes are firmly fixated on things such as the spat between France and Germany on the meaning of European &…
Rohana R. Wasala
Sri Lanka: Passage of 20A
An Auspicious Prelude to the Creation of a New Constitution Free from Foreign Interference by Rohana R. Wasala The Sinhalese in independent Sri Lanka have been nationalistic, but never narrowly comm…
Vijay Prashad
The World’s Biggest Trading Bloc Does Not Include the United States
India had joined the RCEP negotiation process in 2011 but withdrew in 2019. The public view is that India’s government responded to domestic manufacturers, particularly the generic pharmaceutical ind…
World View
Why Imperialism Is Obsolete in Latin America
An interview with Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of Venezuela. by Vijay Prashad In September 2018, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro visited China, where he met with China’s President Xi Jinping a…
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