By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, February 21
As Myanmar descends into chaos, mega Indian and Chinese projects are getting stuck, dogged by security issues.
The writ of the military government does not run in the northern part of the country where armed ethnic groups...
Contrary to general perception that India’s imports from China is high in only electronics sector, China is the top supplier in all 8 industrial sectors including electronics, says the Global Trade Research Institute in a report. The institute is headed...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 27:
Religion has been part of the foreign policies of Christian and Islamic nations for a long time. As is well known, one of the goals of the foreign policy of Western colonial powers was to...
It is not Russia but Ukraine which is in dire straits despite massive US arms aid
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 9:
Of the two countries that are at each other’s throats now - Russia and Ukraine - it is Ukraine which...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, November 30:
Sri Lankan Malays, who are Muslims, had, for at least two centuries, drawn inspiration from the Hindu epic Ramayana to overcome the traumas of exile to Ceylon from their native Java in the Indonesia archipelago.
The...
It’s election year worldwide in 2024. Sixty four countries and 4.2 billion people, roughly half the world’s population of over eight billion, are going to the polls. While all eyes are on President Biden’s battle royal with former president...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 13
The March 11 notification on the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 (CAA) has already triggered an agitation in Assam, shaking the foundation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government there.
And if the CAA...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, December 7:
Global revenue from arms sales had plunged in 2022 due to the failure of the US arms industry to meet orders, says the international arms monitor Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in its latest report.
In...
Dependence on India and China will increase as opposition BNP is backed by the US
ByP.K.Balachandran _ Colombo,
January 6, 2024
Thanks to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s boycott of the January 7 parliamentary elections, Awami League’s Sheikh Hasina will get...
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, March 14: A recent survey done by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre (PRC) shows that democracy had suffered a decline globally between 2017 and 2023 and that there had been a rising preference for authoritarianism, especially in...
AUTHOR - Viraj Madusanka Dias Sooriyaarachchi
PUBLISHED IN: Geopolitical Introduction
The economic landscape of nations is significantly shaped by foreign direct investment (FDI), a vital driver for development, technological innovation, and global integration. The foreign direct investment (FDI) trajectories of India...
India refutes Maldives’ claim that it has agreed to withdraw
By P.K.Balachandran
Colombo, January 22:
Potential threats from China are likely to stall any Indian bid to withdraw its military personnel stationed in the Maldives. In fact, India has tactfully refuted...
